Yousef Bakeer – A Dua For When Calamity Strikes

Yousef Bakeer
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The speaker discusses the use of words in Islam, including "naught," and how the prophet is choosing words to describe difficult situations. The speaker also talks about the importance of acceptance and love for oneself, and asks for more blessings and power to be given to others. The speaker also mentions the importance of protecting one's hearts and being a valued member of society.

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			In
		
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			the
		
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			Quran, You find the prophet as an example,
		
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			his characteristics,
		
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			his personality,
		
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			when he deals with difficult times, how he
		
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			deals with difficult times,
		
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			How he deals when a family when losing
		
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			a family member.
		
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			SubhanAllah,
		
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			today,
		
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			just got the news of, one of our
		
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			Nigerian brothers
		
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			who lost his newborn baby.
		
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			Allah is very, very devastating, very difficult to
		
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			process this.
		
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			And that baby came after a long time
		
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			of hope that they would have a child.
		
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			And subhanAllah, it was just very difficult to
		
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			process this moment. Very difficult moment to process.
		
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			And so I came across 1 dua,
		
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			and I believe this this dua
		
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			is not only words that you say off
		
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			your tongue, but rather it's a mindset.
		
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			And I would like to share this du'a
		
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			for me and you inshallah
		
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			to benefit from just to see how the
		
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			prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
		
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			would say
		
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			when he is going through a difficult time.
		
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			The prophet himself
		
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			is choosing these words. These are not my
		
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			words.
		
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			These are not a scholar's words. These are
		
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			not a sheikh's words.
		
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			These are the words of the prophet
		
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			himself.
		
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			When we when he was on the ta'if
		
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			and after all what he went through at
		
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			the beginning stage of Islam in Mecca, his
		
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			companions are getting persecuted.
		
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			His companions are getting really tortured right in
		
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			front of his eyes,
		
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			losing his wife, losing his uncle,
		
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			getting kicked out of his town, going to
		
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			a new town, Ta'if, with the hope that
		
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			he will guide people. And then he got
		
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			just this massive reaction
		
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			when the people of Taif just
		
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			not only rejected his message, but they who
		
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			humiliated the Prophet
		
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			They sent these kids to actually even, you
		
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			know, throw him with the stones. It was
		
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			just a very difficult time. And finally, the
		
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			Prophet just sat down,
		
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			and he was reflecting
		
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			on his situation.
		
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			And he felt that he is very powerless
		
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			at this point.
		
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			And when he felt this,
		
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			he said the following words. Listen to this
		
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			dua.
		
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			Beautiful dua.
		
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			Allah, we want to embrace this dua.
		
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			He said,
		
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			By the way, it's in the screen. If
		
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			you wanna take a screenshot, inshaAllah, if you
		
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			wanna take a picture of this dua. This
		
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			dua we need to embrace, my dear brothers
		
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			and sisters.
		
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			He said, Allahum
		
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			You Allah,
		
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			I know I'm going through difficult time right
		
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			now.
		
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			And I complained to no one but You,
		
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			You Allah.
		
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			Because
		
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			I
		
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			am weak at this point.
		
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			I am
		
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			I am weak, and you are the strongest.
		
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			You are the most powerful.
		
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			To only you, you Allah, I will complain.
		
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			I will seek strength only from you, you
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Allah, I need your support.
		
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			You
		
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			are the one who provides the support,
		
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			and I am in need of you.
		
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			You Allah, I know people sometimes will will
		
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			actually disappoint me.
		
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			And sometimes people would not
		
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			you know, would not care that much
		
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			about my struggle, about my challenges.
		
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			And sometimes I put all of my hope
		
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			to somebody and just turns me down. You
		
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			Allah, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna put
		
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			any hope in people. I will go directly
		
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			to you, You
		
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			Allah. Look at the verb.
		
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			Look at the words.
		
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			Very beautiful words that the prophet
		
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			is using.
		
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			You are the most merciful.
		
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			You are the most compassionate.
		
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			He is calling Allah with his favorite names.
		
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			And the
		
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			names that Allah
		
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			has,
		
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			which is ar Rahman and Rahim, is very
		
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			relative
		
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			to his situation. Because he is going through
		
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			difficult times, and out of Allah's rahma,
		
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			Allah can actually bring relief to him. So
		
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			he's he's choosing the right names to call
		
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			upon Allah
		
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			You Allah, you are the Rab.
		
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			Do you know why he didn't say you
		
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			are the Ilah, but he said you are
		
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			the Rab? You know the difference?
		
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			When you say
		
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			Rabbi means the one who takes care of
		
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			me.
		
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			Means you're Lord and I'm servant. Now we're
		
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			talking about obligations and rights. No. No. No.
		
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			No. Prophet
		
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			is asking Allah
		
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			by the right words, You are my rub.
		
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			You are the one who actually can take
		
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			care of me in this situation. You are
		
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			the one who can actually give me this
		
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			strength, this emotional strength that that can allow
		
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			me to go through this.
		
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			One more time,
		
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			emphasizing the fact that he is the one
		
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			who takes care.
		
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			He is the caretaker, Allah
		
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			You Allah,
		
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			to whom
		
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			who do you do you leave me? To
		
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			whom do you leave me? To an enemy
		
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			that you know for a fact that they
		
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			want to deceive me?
		
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			You Allah,
		
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			don't leave me with enemies that they will
		
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			have power over me. I don't want to
		
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			be in this position.
		
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			You Allah, the bottom line,
		
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			if you are not displeased with me, I
		
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			don't care.
		
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			If you're not angry with me, I don't
		
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			care. But
		
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			Beautiful.
		
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			Yes. I don't care if you're not. If
		
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			if the fact that you're not
		
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			displeased with me,
		
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			my I'm good. But I still have hope
		
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			that you actually can fix my affairs.
		
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			Even though
		
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			you are pleased with me, please give me
		
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			goodness in this life.
		
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			You Allah, give me more. Give me more
		
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			of goodness. Give me more ease.
		
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			You are pleased with me. In addition to
		
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			this, I want to ask for more. I
		
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			want to ask for ease for this life.
		
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			You Allah,
		
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			I I I I just seek refuge in
		
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			the light.
		
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			In your light. In the light of your
		
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			face that actually
		
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			brighten the entire universe.
		
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			And You Allah,
		
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			I ask you to never be displeased with
		
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			me or to be angry with me. I
		
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			can I I can deal with your wrath?
		
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			That is something that I don't want to
		
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			deal with. Even though
		
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			somebody might be angry with me, that is
		
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			an easier task. But I don't want you
		
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			to be displeased with me.
		
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			You Allah
		
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			I praise you. I praise you while I'm
		
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			going through this difficult time because I know
		
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			for a fact that you are the one
		
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			who can get me out of this.
		
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			Until you please, you Allah, I will keep
		
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			praising you.
		
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			And I know
		
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			that the strength,
		
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			the power, and the support
		
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			come only from you because you have control
		
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			over the entire universe.
		
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			Beautiful dua. I ask you and I ask
		
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			myself to embrace this dua when going through
		
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			difficult time. Ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
		
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			make us among those who listen to the
		
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			speech, so they follow the best of it.
		
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			And I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			make it easier on our brothers and sisters
		
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			in Arabic, Arabic,
		
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			Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic,
		
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			Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic,
		
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			Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic,
		
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			Arabic, Arabic, We ask Allah Azaduajal to bring
		
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			relief to our brothers and sisters in Palestine,
		
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			You Rabbal Alemen. We ask Allah Azaduajal to
		
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			unite the hearts of the fathers and the
		
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			mothers who lost their babies in genitive for
		
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			those with your habib, Mustafa Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
		
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			And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
		
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			protect our brothers and sisters
		
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			in Bangladesh,
		
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			And in Burmahya Akram Al Akramin. And in
		
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			India. And in in every single place where
		
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			Muslims and believers, they're suffering under persecution, under
		
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			injustice. Yeah. Allah, give them strength to go
		
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			over it.