Yasmin Mogahed – Allah Always Gives You Better

			Well, this should be our, I think our favorite topic to speak about, who was the last panel Tada.
And one way to look at who Allah subhanaw taala is, is actually to understand that every single
thing, in creation, every single thing that we experience, everything that we have everything we
don't have everything around us, actually, if studied properly, will lead us to understand Allah
subhanaw taala further, and actually can be a glimpse of another attribute of a lesson.
		

			And I'll give you just a couple examples.
		

			When I commit a very big sin, this should lead me to know and
		

			as the shift said, Allah, Who is the one who forgives even the biggest sense? So even when I make a
mistake, the purpose that we should get out of this, the result should be how is this event in my
life? Whatever it is, how is this experience going to lead me to Allah subhanaw taala. And we can
study every single thing that happens to us in this way. Even when we mess up. We messed up, it's a
big sin, this should lead us to understand, who is Allah awful, he can forgive even the major sins
no matter how big.
		

			If we have a lot of or rather every time we sin,
		

			we you know, we repent, then we go back to the sin again. And then we go back to it again and again
and again. And that continues that pattern. It should make us understand who is alpha, because as
the shift that alpha is the one who doesn't just forgive once, but forgives again and again and
again and again, over and over.
		

			If we feel broken, we have a broken heart. It can lead you to understand who is
		

			algebra, Allah subhanaw taala one of his attributes is the one one of the meanings of the word Angel
Bob is the one who men a law can mend anything. If your heart you feel that your heart is dead,
Allah subhanaw taala one of the most beautiful is for me personally, is the as in students and Hades
we're almost upon on Salah talks about lm yet and in in Libyan M and o and talk Shaku medical Allah
has the time not come, that the hearts of the believers should humble themselves to the remembrance
of Allah.
		

			What are you Kunal? Can Medina,
		

			Medina, who to call blue football alima de Costa Kowloon, and the thing not be like those who came
before and that book was given to them, but time went by in their hearts became hardened. And we see
this and then we we sometimes don't realize that the idea that comes after is related to this day,
the next day, if you look at it from a surface, sort of way you think that you know, what does it
have to do with the size the next area talks about the dead land? And how Allah gives life to the
dead land? Well, what does that have to do with heart
		

			loss talking about the heart and heart and then a loss talking about the heart and mind and allies
telling us that Allah is the one who gives life to the dead land.
		

			This is to tell us that the one who gives life to the dead land can also give life to the dead
heart. And that even those people whose hearts have become hardened A lot can bring those parts
back. A lot can bring life to the dead land, he can also bring life to the dead hearts.
		

			If it's despair, so what are we talking about here? We're talking about how those things in our
life, which actually sometimes paralyze us and and and pull us down can actually become a means to
to actually get closer to Allah soprano. If it's despair,
		

			we should remember and let it and make it lead us. To SLM a lot is the source of peace.
		

			There's only one source of peace and that's a loss of content and one of his attributes.
		

			If it's feeling trapped,
		

			it should lead us to understand that a lot is the one who opens. A lot can open anything, no matter
how difficult the situation feels or how hopeless
		

			or how impossible a look and make a way out Allah subhanaw taala says, Well, maybe you're talking to
Johanna Hamas Raja, why are superhuman High School.
		

			Whoever has taqwa of Allah, whoever taqwa of Allah is, is his consciousness level must identify that
it's protecting yourself, covering yourself from the anger of Allah subhanaw taala at the wrath of
almost whoever has taqwa of Allah
		

			alone makes a way out for him. No matter what the situation is. If you have Taqwa of Allah, Allah
makes a way out for you while you're in high school, and he will provide for him from places that he
never imagined. A lot of Muslims, when you feel like your provision is tight. Let it remind you of
analyser The one who provides a lots of panel data is the one who provides
		

			I want to focus on one attribute in particular.
		

			And I think it's one of those attributes where we see again and again and again in the stories of
the prophets peace be upon them. And throughout the end this attribute emphasized and that's the
attribute of Allah.
		

			Allah subhanaw taala is allottee. The trustee is the one you know who you entrust. Now, in in our
human relationships, we also sometimes have a Lucky's so what he would be someone who we entrust
with a matter of maybe a power of attorney or something, you assign someone to take care of your
matter. And so what he allows the panel Island is and what he is the one who we assign our matters
to he is the trustee, the one that you can trust, you trust him, you entrust him with what you
entrusted him with everything you own, trust him with your with your safety, and trust him with your
future, and trust him with your your heart and your soul and your body and everything allows the
		

			penalties working.
		

			And there are, you know, stories in the Quran that really teach us the meaning of Tilak of trust and
reliance solely on Allah.
		

			And one of the most moving for me personally, is the story of the mother of Muslim alayhis salaam.
So the mother of Moosa lived at a time during, you know, the reign of crown and crown was one of as
we know, the the greatest tyrants that ever walked the earth. And he used to kill the the male boys.
So she had a boy, a baby boy, a loss of Hannah to Allah told her in Alabama, he inspired to her that
she was supposed to put her child into the river. Think about this for a moment. You you have a
child, and obviously you're very concerned for your child, and you want to protect your child. And
that's one of the data is telling you.
		

			In order to protect your child, you have to put them in the river.
		

			Now think about this, it seems very counter intuitive. I'm going to protect my child by putting them
to potentially drown. And yet she has this trust enough in lots of how
		

			to do that.
		

			And let's help restore in what happened.
		

			A lot tells her story and what happened to her. And what happened to Musa and it is it's one of the
most powerful stories because not only did Allah protects Musa SNM but Allah says that he returned
to his mother.
		

			And he says that it's in order for her to know that
		

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			in order that she would not be sad, and that she would know the promise of the law is true.
		

			And it's a panel like this, this industry it's not just the story. These stories are never just
stories, but they're to give us that inspiration to understand. You know Allah subhanaw taala when
he tells us these stories, he says that these are Signs for us.
		

			And we see later on in the the story of most ideas to them. He's also taught this concept of Tilak
code. And Allah subhanaw taala teaches him how to depend completely on him. We know that when Busan
is spoken to alone, a lot asked him metal could be Amina Chi Mo, so what is in your right hand and
he said, it's my staff at the workout while I lean on it was I was saying he's leaning on his staff,
a lot told him to throw it.
		

			A lot told him to throw it a lot is teaching Moosa again, and again, how to put his trust completely
in last final data, and to show him the power of Allah that He can turn that stuff into a snake, and
then bring it back into a staff. So Mossad is Saddam was trained in this Philip could. And we see
sort of the pinnacle of that to what goes on when he's standing in front of the Red Sea. Because at
this point, he has thrown in his army behind him, and he has a seat in front of him. And you can
imagine his situation, he seems completely trapped. And, you know, none of us will probably be in a
situation where you have a superpower behind you in a red sea in front of you. But most of us will
		

			know what it feels like to be trapped. And we'll know what it feels like to see no way out of a
situation. And when he was in that situation, those who were with him, then he felt he they said to
him, now you know, now we're going to be overtaken.
		

			And Musa alayhis salam didn't even, you know, he didn't even not for a moment that he believed that
he didn't even she wasn't even shakin pelicula. In my European team, he stopped by no means. Indeed,
my Lord is with me, and He will guide me through.
		

			So mutalisks lm had no, me. Can you imagine that? You saw no way out? It was a completely impossible
looking situation. I mean, where's he gonna go? Where is he gonna go? there's a there's a seat in
front of him and an army behind him. Where's he gonna go? But he didn't. He didn't he didn't lose
his his trust. And he knew that Allah would get him through that is telecon. That is good, that you
don't see a way. But you know, that if Allah says he's got your back, he's got your back. And that's
exactly what happened. Look what Allah did. Allah told him to hit the ocean, the sea with his staff,
and he opened up the Red Sea for him. If anyone in this room thinks this is just a story, it's just
		

			a bedtime story, then we've missed the point. It is not and it isn't. It isn't just something unless
pinata telling us just to tell us a lot doesn't do anything without a purpose. And after telling us
the story of loss says in a few vantika in this is a sign. But most people don't get it. It's a sign
so that when those people who come later, more than 1400 years later, when they're in that same
situation, with it looks they look like they're trapped. When it looks like there's no way out.
They'll know in the mire of this is, indeed My Lord is with me and He will guide me through. And
when you have that type of teleco you have that type of trust and almost final data. That's exactly
		

			what he does. That's exactly what he does. And that's what Allah did for Moosa and he's split open
the Red Sea that's opening up away from places you never imagined. Allah will make a way out for you
as returned from the area. I quoted before from from a pull off, that Allah will make a way out for
you.
		

			And then Allah subhanaw taala saved most time you look at the story of hedgehog.
		

			hedgehog is being left in the middle of a desert with a baby. pretty impossible looking situation,
right? And yet, as soon as she knew that this was a command from Allah, she shouldn't worry, right?
It was okay. And when she was put in that situation,
		

			although she did have her trust in Allah subhanaw taala. She also strive she also strived and this
is part of this concept. A lot of people you know, ask how do you have that balance? how can how can
tie your camel securely and put your trust in a long she had her trust in Allah, but she did not lay
down in the desert and wait for the water to come from the sky. She worked and she worked hard. In
fact, what she did is called
		

			She ran between the two mountains and Marwat seven times the long distance, and it's hot. And she
ran, she was striving. And that what she did is so important that we continue to do it every time we
go for him or hatch. It's called sky to strike. So she strove. But this is important to note.
		

			If we run a couple times between mountains, or do you think water is going to always come out of the
desert?
		

			If you take a stick and he doesn't hit an ocean, does it split in half? The lesson here is that we
do our part. Yes. But the result does not come from my efforts. I don't make the sea open musallam
didn't make the sea open. hedgehog running between sofa and model. I didn't make water come from the
from the sound. A lot takes care of you. But you have to do your part. And the result comes from
him.
		

			Ibrahim Ali said he's about to be thrown into the fire.
		

			He's about to be thrown into the fire. Well, what would we be thinking if we're about to be thrown
into the fire? But he knows Allah has his back. And even when, when the angel came down to him and
asked him, Do you know if he needed anything? You know what he said? Not from you.
		

			His tohave was so solid, that he knew that help would come from Allah. He didn't even ask for help
from the angel.
		

			And then his his statement he's being thrown to be alone? Am I lucky? I mean, he's being thrown into
the fire. And what does he say? Allah is sufficient for me. And he has the best of, of the
worksheets, have the
		

			you know, these stories. Again, it's important to understand they're not just stories, this is the
type of silicone that our profits pad peace be upon them all. And when we emulate them, and we try
to emulate their lives, we can start to begin to understand even glimpsed the attributes of almost
apana with Anna. And inshallah, I'll end with the story.
		

			Because I think it's,
		

			it really illustrates this concept of telecon. And the last panel kind of taken care of it.
		

			When you think about a baby, who's inside the womb of his mother, or her mother,
		

			that baby knows a certain reality there, the world is a certain way, right? There's, there's, you
know, anytime that child needs, that baby needs food, never, maybe never has to feel hunger or
thirst, or cold, or any of these things, has everything that that baby that that child needs. When
that baby is born. Imagine what that baby's thinking.
		

			What happens when a baby's born, like, what's the first thing the child does?
		

			screams
		

			like, there's so I mean it to, to that child, he must think that he's, he's just died, because the
world that he knew, is now completely gone. And now he's in a completely different world. And he
screamed.
		

			And so that child is as though he's died. But we know that actually, that he's just entering a
different world. And you know, it's fun, although we sometimes react to change in the same way when
something is taken away from us. So that child, his whole world was taken away from him, right?
Because he was in the womb, and now it's gone. When whenever something is taken away from us, or or,
you know, we undergo change or loss or anything, something isn't the way we wanted. We figured
that's the end, right? Our world is over. Now, our life is over now.
		

			But that child when a lot took away something from that child, he replaced it with something better.
		

			The nutrition that the child used to get through the umbilical cord is taken away now. Right? But
it's replaced with milk.
		

			And the the walls of the womb, which the child thought was protection is taken away, but it's
replaced by now the arms of the mother and the family.
		

			Now, Allah subhanaw taala does this with us too. Sometimes things are taken away things are not you
know, as we as we're used to, or maybe something isn't working out the way we want. But we have to
what cool is understanding that whenever a lot takes something away from you, he has your back and
unless panatela will replace it with something better. Allah subhanaw taala says that anytime we
		

			if something happens or any kind of calamity the Prophet platinum, for example, taught us
		

			If any kind of calamity happens, and we respond in the right way, in Melilla, he were in LA Hiro.
Joan Indeed, we belong to a law unto Allah is our return. And he taught this.
		

			This was this was a lesson that he talks to one of his wives before she became his wife. And, and he
told her that if you say this, in Adelanto in LA he wrote your own Allahumma journey people see
abati minha give me reward in this we'll see but in this in this calamity, and give me what is
better than it then Allah will replace whatever was taken from you with something better. And what
had happened to her was that her husband died.
		

			And she you know, her husband was actually one of them, oh my god, one of the best of the of the
companions, she couldn't imagine how could love give her something better. And she ended up marrying
the Prophet civilize them.
		

			So you know, we see from from these stories, what happens when you put your trust in Allah subhanaw
taala Allah if he has your back laws protecting you anything that is taken, Allah subhanaw taala
will replace it with something better I'll Cody and Cody, Heather, was the Fulani Allah come in our
		

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