Yousuf Raza – Lets Grow Quran Daily Intro
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The host of a podcast introduces the concept of "Q Camden" and explains that the podcast will be covering various topics including beliefs, values, and personal growth. The podcast will also include examples of actions and experiences that may be against the beliefs of the guest. The host encourages viewers to practice their own conversations and use the podcast for guidance and feedback.
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As-salamu alaykum and hello to everyone watching,
to everyone listening.
This is Yusuf Reza, this is Let's Grow
and our feature is Qur'an Daily.
I'm going to give you a basic introduction
as to what I'm looking to get out
of these recordings that we're going to be
putting up, these podcasts and videos and just
the format.
And that'll be the end of this introductory
video.
As simple as that.
Right.
So what are we doing and why are
we doing it?
With every day, with every episode, we'll be
looking to explore beliefs.
Understand that whatever you're doing, it has some
kind of belief behind that.
Right?
And you may be aware of that belief,
but for the most part, we are unaware,
i.e. that belief is usually unconscious.
And that's what makes it so dangerous.
Right?
So even people who say they are irreligious
or that they don't have any beliefs, they
have beliefs as well.
They have some religious structure inside of them
that they may not be cognizant of, which
makes it all the more dangerous.
So even if you're going to define yourself
as irreligious, you have to be aware of
what that irreligiosity entails.
You have to be aware of what that
is.
And the less explored that belief system is,
that unconscious religion is the more dangerous that
is for our growth, for our understanding.
Right?
So people say that I know what I
have to do, but I can't do it.
I can't get myself to do it.
Understand that there is a contradictory belief, an
unconscious belief, a belief that you may not
be aware of, that you may not even
be willing to acknowledge that it's inside of
you, but it's there.
That has to be identified.
We trace it back from the action.
Identify it for what it is.
And then whatever evidences our unconscious self has
given for that wrong belief, we need to
be able to identify those as well and
then replace them with the right belief.
And by right belief, we mean that which
takes us closer to who we want to
be.
And in the view of those looking and
reading the Quran as Allah's message to them
that revealed to the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam as what he wants you to be.
So me becoming the better version of myself
entails me becoming more of what he wants
me to be like.
I find that out more and more and
believe in accordance with that and then act
in accordance with that.
So that's what we're going to look to
do really.
Every day, the reflections that we're going to
be sharing are going to be oriented around
identifying those beliefs and then giving examples of
how our actions may be contradictory to those
beliefs, which means we have some hidden, some
demonic beliefs unconsciously.
Identify those, address those, and then look to
develop and grow as believers.
Look to grow as individuals.
And that's going to be that.
Right?
So it's going to start from the very
beginning.
We're going to start with the أعوذ بالله
من الشيطان الرجيم Actually, we're going to talk
about that for a little bit.
We're going to go on to the Bismillah
and then Surah Fatiha and then all the
way towards the end of the Quran for
however long it takes.
The idea is that you give 10 minutes
a day to this and slowly and gradually
your connection, your understanding with the Quran becomes
better.
Understand that this is not a tafseer.
I am not going into any kind of
a hermeneutical study here of a scholarly understanding
or looking to develop a scholarly understanding myself
or looking to give that to you.
That's not what it is.
There are translations and lectures and explanations out
there which are meant for the educated lay
person.
That's what I use and that's what I
bring to you.
And on top of that, I add reflections
that relate to psychology.
So if there's any kind of expertise or
any kind of speciality or scholarliness coming in,
that's from the dimension of psychology and nothing
else.
Other than that, it's just plain communication of
what I've studied from sources or resources that
were prepared for the public viewing or for
the public reading.
Right?
So that's the idea.
That's what this is.
I hope you benefit from this, that this
daily reminder, this daily study of the Quran,
reflections along with it, help for us to
identify those unconscious beliefs and if there's something
wrong with them, replace them with the right
beliefs.
And we talk about how that work, how
that process goes on at the level of
thought, at the level of actions.
And that's going to be that.
Thank you very much for watching.
I look forward to doing this with you
every day, five days a week.
Across the weekdays, we take a break over
the weekends and we come back again, 10
minutes every day.
That's all it's going to take and fit
this into your schedule.
There's a lot that you can do with
this.
Whatever personal study you're doing, you can synchronize
that with this.
You're looking to memorize the Quran.
Awesome.
You can memorize along with this, whatever one
ayah that were part of the ayah that
we study, look to memorize that during the
day and just make that part of your
prayers and see the magic that takes place
and how drastically it changes who you are
for the better.
So wishing you all the best.
Thank you very much once again for watching.
I will see you tomorrow with the first
video, first podcast talking about what lessons from
personal growth we can draw from that.
Take very good care of yourself.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.