Yaser Birjas – Asr Khatirah – Pleading With Faith For Mercy

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The history of Islam is highlighted, including the first MSI in the title of Al Murud and the use of sub hesitation to punishment. The importance of speaking to people in the context of Islam is emphasized, and the need for a chance to speak again is emphasized. The speaker uses the phrase "will" to describe actions and emphasizes forgiveness and mercy as essential for mercy and avoiding embarrassment. A believer presents their good deed by saying their good deed, and forgiveness and mercy are essential for faith and mercy. The speaker reminds everyone to bring faith and belief to Allah by repeating the previous agreement.

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			Surat Al muminun, we have 2 verses, aya
		
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			number 109
		
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			and 118.
		
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			In this ayah, Allah subhanahu wa'ala says, indeed,
		
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			there was a group of my servants who
		
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			used to pray, our Lord,
		
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			we have believed,
		
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			so forgive us and have mercy on us
		
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			for you are the best of those who
		
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			have who show mercy.
		
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			And the end and the last ayah in
		
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			Surat Al Mu'minoon,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala repeats
		
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			that. Repeats that by saying
		
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			say, oh, prophet,
		
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			my lord, forgive, forgive and have mercy
		
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			for you are the best of those who
		
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			show mercy.
		
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			So, to put the ayat in perspective here,
		
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			so the first ayah
		
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			came in the
		
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			context of Allah
		
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			speaking about the people of Jahannam. If you
		
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			read the context in Surat Al Aminun,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is informing us about
		
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			a dialogue that will happen between him and
		
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			the people of Jahannam.
		
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			Those who've been destined to Jahannam,
		
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			they will start dialoguing
		
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			with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Ask Allah
		
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			We wronged ourselves.
		
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			We ask you that you give us another
		
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			opportunity. Just let us out of jahannam.
		
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			If we go back again to the same
		
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			old way,
		
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			If we go back again to our old
		
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			ways, You Allah, then we're completely
		
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			lost. We're completely astray which means we deserve
		
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			that punishment.
		
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			Give us one
		
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			last chance.
		
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			Then Allah
		
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			answered them saying,
		
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			No, no, no. You're not gonna get that
		
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			opportunity anymore.
		
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			Like you know what?
		
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			You'll be ashamed of yourself,
		
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			you're gonna be humiliated here
		
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			and don't do their talk to me.
		
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			Some of the adab that Allah
		
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			mentioned in the Quran
		
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			is when Allah
		
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			does not
		
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			speak to the people of Jahannam
		
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			or some of the people who punish it.
		
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			And you know that when you are when
		
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			silent treatment is used as punishment, right?
		
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			Your spouse sometimes does that to you, your
		
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			kids when you don't tell them something,
		
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			so they give you silent treatment and it's
		
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			very painful
		
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			especially if it's used as a punishment,
		
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			right? And Allah Subhanahu Wa'ala has the best
		
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			example.
		
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			Sometimes he punishes by not speaking to them
		
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			As Allah says many ayaat that
		
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			those are the people that he
		
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			He doesn't speak to them, he doesn't even
		
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			look at them.
		
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			And here, he is now
		
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			says, you are doomed, you're ruined, you're going
		
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			to be humiliated there, don't you dare talk
		
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			to me.
		
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			And then he says, now he's now
		
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			punishing them even by reminding them of the
		
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			opportunity they lost when they had the chance.
		
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			It
		
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			says,
		
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			look, I had other servants,
		
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			I had others
		
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			just like you,
		
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			who had the opportunity just like you,
		
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			but they chose
		
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			what you didn't choose. They chose to say
		
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			Those people they used to
		
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			say
		
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			You Allah we believe.
		
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			So, when they say
		
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			again we go back again to when you
		
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			make your dua use because the one who
		
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			gives his subhanahu wa ta'ala He provides his
		
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			sustainer and so on. So, they say
		
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			our Lord
		
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			we believe.
		
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			So, what's the significance of saying
		
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			or we believe before you make any dua?
		
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			That's what the Ulamati call
		
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			that you intercede to Allah Subhanahu when you
		
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			make dua, you intercede to Allah
		
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			by presenting something good that you've done for
		
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			his sake,
		
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			and that's permissible.
		
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			Let's say,
		
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			I ask, for example, when you finish recitation
		
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			of the Quran and you come to full
		
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			and you say, my Lord, I ask you
		
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			by the good deeds of submitting this to
		
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			help me with this, to help me with
		
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			that. There's nothing wrong with this.
		
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			Remember the hadith of the 3 people who
		
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			were locked in a cave and the boulder
		
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			came and closed the opening of that cave
		
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			and they got stuck there,
		
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			how did they leave?
		
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			They used the intercession, they called upon the
		
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			Lord Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			interceding to Allah
		
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			with a good deed they've done and they
		
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			felt it was sincere.
		
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			So, they say, my Lord, I ask you
		
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			that if I've done this only for you
		
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			and only to you, You Allah, I ask
		
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			you to get us out of this misery,
		
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			and Allah moved the rocks slowly and gradually
		
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			until they were able to walk out.
		
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			And here part of the etiquette of a
		
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			believer you present your good deed by saying,
		
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			my Lord, I believe in you.
		
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			You're the one and only and I believe
		
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			in you
		
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			and I submit myself to you. So those
		
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			are now intercessions, you start to make your
		
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			du'a with that.
		
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			Then,
		
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			now they bring their plea and their demand.
		
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			You Allah forgive us because we believed
		
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			forgive us
		
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			and have mercy on us.
		
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			And because you are the one who is
		
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			the best of those who show mercy.
		
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			So, first of all, when you say,
		
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			isn't that what these people
		
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			that
		
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			were asking for?
		
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			They were asking for what?
		
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			For forgiveness
		
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			and for asking for what? For mercy.
		
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			Did Allah show it to them?
		
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			No. They didn't earn it.
		
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			Now, he's bringing this in this context, why?
		
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			Because they brought to us
		
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			why they earned that forgiveness and mercy.
		
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			Because of what?
		
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			We believe.
		
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			We believe. We didn't deny like this, but
		
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			we believe.
		
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			So forgive us.
		
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			Show mercy
		
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			because you're the best of those who show
		
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			mercy.
		
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			Now, when Allah says the best of those
		
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			who show mercy, what does that even mean?
		
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			Is there any comparison even?
		
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			Absolutely not. There's no comparison.
		
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			But just like the prophet mentioned the hadith,
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			how many when you divide the mercy of
		
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			Allah azza wa Jal, how many mercies we're
		
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			talking about over here?
		
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			A 100,
		
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			a 100.
		
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			Now, how many mercies Allah Subhanahu Wa'ala sent
		
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			down on earth?
		
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			Only 1. By which everything you see,
		
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			the compassion, the mercy you see is part
		
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			of that one,
		
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			including
		
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			the mother when she holds her baby,
		
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			the animal when
		
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			not stepping over its own baby as well,
		
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			to an every that you see among the
		
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			people when it comes to compassion and mercy,
		
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			all of this is part of one mercy,
		
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			and he kept none in our mercy for
		
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			the day of judgment.
		
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			So, when it comes to that, this is
		
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			Yes, there are people some might show mercy,
		
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			but your mercy,
		
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			I mean, there's no comparison.
		
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			Again,
		
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			these people
		
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			that Allah spoke about earlier and he told
		
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			them,
		
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			you're not gonna talk to me,
		
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			you don't deserve it because they did not
		
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			bring the prerequisite,
		
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			the prerequisite for
		
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			their forgiveness
		
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			and for taking that mercy. And what that
		
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			prerequisite was? Faith and to believe in Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. So, afterwards Allah Azzawajal presented
		
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			that case of the believers
		
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			and again taunting the non believers for missing
		
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			the opportunity,
		
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			then the final ayah in Surat Al Mu'minoon
		
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			was a reminder to all of us.
		
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			A reminder to all of us when Allah
		
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			says
		
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			and say
		
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			my lord or our lord,
		
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			forgive and have mercy for you are the
		
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			best of those who show mercy.
		
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			He's reminding us that if you need that,
		
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			what do you need to bring with it?
		
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			Iman.
		
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			Iman,
		
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			you mean your faith with that. So, he's
		
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			reminding us while you're making that dua,
		
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			make sure to bring faith and belief in
		
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			Allah
		
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			with this. So, from these two verses,
		
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			we
		
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			made this dua or put together this dua
		
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			as Allah is asking us to and commanding
		
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			us to say which is
		
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			So, we can repeat this dua inshallah
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			Warudubika.
		
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			Rabii.
		
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			Ayahdurun.
		
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			Rabii.
		
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			Anzilni.
		
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			Munzalan,
		
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			Mubarakan,
		
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			Waanta,
		
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			Hayrul Munzilin.
		
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			Kuntumina dalamin.
		
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			Rabii
		
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			ini
		
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			messani ad Durr.
		
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			Waanta