Zaid Shakir – Islam Is Work Lazy Muslim Is An Oxymoron

Zaid Shakir
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The importance of Islam as a blessing for everyone is discussed, including the use of gutter language, consistent speaking, and consistent speaking. The speakers stress the importance of avoiding false emotions and renewing one's belief in Allah. The importance of staying true to one's values and staying within the limits set by Allah is emphasized, as well as the need for forgiveness and helping people to make a larger impact. The importance of gathering spiritual resources for spiritual fulfillment is emphasized, along with the importance of empowering others to make a larger impact.
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Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen.

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All praises due to Allah.

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Abundant praises are due to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala for the many blessings he's bestowed

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upon us.

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And the greatest blessing he's given us as

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we've repeated time and time again in this

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world is the blessing of Islam.

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As Imam Ali radiyallahu anhu mentioned, Inna min

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na'eemat dunya, and yakfiyaka al-Islamu ni'matan.

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From the blessings of this world is that

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Islam suffices as a blessing.

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We pray that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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increases our appreciation of this blessing.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions in his

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noble and exalted scripture, A'udhu billahi minash

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shaitanir rajim.

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Inna allatheena qaloo rabbuna allahu thumma istaqamoo.

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Tatanazzaloo alayhumul malaa'ikatu allatakhaafoo wa latahazaloo.

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Wa abashiroo biljannati illatikuntum tu'adoon.

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Allah ta'ala mentions as we translate that

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verily those who say our Lord is Allah

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and thereafter they are upright.

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Thumma istaqamoo.

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The uprightness and many definitions.

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One of our great scholars he said, Alistaqamatu

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imtithaloo ma'murat wa jtinnaboo anil manhiyat

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alasabeelil dawami wal thabat.

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Imtithaloo minal ma'furat.

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To implement those things that we've been commanded

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with.

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So to implement all of those things we've

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been commanded with and some of them clarify

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by saying qawlan wa fialan wa khuluqan.

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Those things we've been commanded with in terms

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of our speech.

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So istaqama is to always to the best

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of our ability speak like a Muslim should

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speak.

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So we take no pride in gutter language.

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We take no pride in being able to

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utter profanities in the same manner as some

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person who has no religious training at all.

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Qawlan wa fialan and in our actions and

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those things we've been ordered to undertake as

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a Muslim to be consistent in our prayer.

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To be consistent in our acts of worship

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be they engaging with the Quran consistently not

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waiting for Ramadan.

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In a couple weeks some people will go

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to their shelf dust off their Quran and

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then they'll get busy and then after Ramadan

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put it up.

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No istaqama is to engage with the Quran

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constantly and to be enriched by the Quran

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on an ongoing in an ongoing fashion.

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In all of our acts of worship and

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in our character to constantly seek to improve

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our character.

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To constantly seek to remain on the character

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of the believers rather in the company of

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the non believers of not non-believers they

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could be righteous people who actually encourage us

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towards good character such as honesty and fidelity

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etc.

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But no matter what situation we're in to

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constantly try to exemplify the character that a

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believer should exemplify.

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Qawlan wa fialan wa amalan.

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So he said al istaqamatu al imtithal minal

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ma'thurat.

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To implement those things that we've been commanded

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to implement.

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Wal ijtinaab anil manhiyat.

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And to avoid those things we've been prohibited

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from and to do that consistently.

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So not occasionally not most of the time

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but to endeavor to do them all of

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the time.

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To avoid the things we've been forbidden to

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speak about.

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To avoid the things we've been forbidden to

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engage in.

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So a person who is striving for istaqama

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is not a part-time Muslim.

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Is not a part-time believer.

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You know occasionally you know if I'm with

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the right people you know I can get

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down and I can smoke the joint also.

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And I could take a sip on the

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wine or the beer or whatever.

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That's not istaqama.

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Istaqama is to be consistent.

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Umar radiyallahu anhu.

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He said al istaqamatu an tastaqeemu wa la

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tarughu rawaghani thaalab.

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That you are consistent.

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That you go straight.

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And that you don't maneuver like a fox.

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Wa la tarughu rawaghani thaalab.

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That you're not maneuvering in your religion.

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I could find a loophole over here or

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loophole over there.

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Loopholes are for taxes not for religion.

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Istaqama is for religion.

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We're not looking for the way out.

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We're not looking for the shortcut.

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We're not looking for unlawful ease.

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We look for ease in the situation that

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requires ease because Allah facilitates ease in our

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affair.

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But we're not looking for some illegal ease

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or some ease that comes through some far

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-fetched interpretation or machination with the religion.

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This is what Umar was warning against.

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An tastaqeemu.

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Al istaqamatu an tastaqeemu wa la tarughu rawaghani

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thaalab.

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You don't zigzag like the fox.

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You know I can dodge this ruling.

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I could get around this and I can

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figure out a way I don't have to

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do this.

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No.

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We walk on the straight path and we

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try to go straight and that's the way

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of our religion.

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So Allah Ta'ala says about those people

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inna allatheena aamanu thumma istaqamu.

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And he says thumma istaqamu.

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This conjunction thumma.

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The grammarians they say you feed at taraqi.

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It conveys the meaning of the elapsing of

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a significant period of time and it's relative

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to this situation.

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So istaqamu doesn't come overnight.

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At first we're struggling.

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You know we take our shahada and we

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miss a prayer here or there.

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We slip back into a habit we might

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have had but we keep working at it.

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We keep working at it and gradually we

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overcome those things.

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And so istaqamu we shouldn't get frustrated if

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what's being described to consistently and unwaveringly adhere

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to those things we've been uh implement those

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things we've been ordered to implement and avoid

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those things we've been ordered to avoid in

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our speech our actions in our character and

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we're not there don't get frustrated keep working

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keep working and in time inshallah ta'ala

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we'll get there but it takes work.

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We mentioned uh and the other night in

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another context the the inspiration these were the

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words it was sort of spontaneous but we'll

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try to capture it.

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Inspiration only comes becomes permanent through perspiration.

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So we can be inspired we can have

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a state that we temporarily attain to but

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that state will only become permanent by perspiration

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by hard work.

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So we mentioned this is one reason some

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of the spiritual paths they they put the

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aspirant into the khalwa into the state of

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isolation and hopefully it will be successful they'll

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get a glimpse of what they're aiming for.

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So they'll know what they're working towards.

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So they've seen the goal and now having

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seen the goal it will motivate them to

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put in the work so that what they

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experienced temporarily in the khalwa becomes their permanent

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state subsequently.

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So that was good I want that to

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be how I am all the time okay.

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Get busy you have this is not islam

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brothers and sisters is not a religion for

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lazy people.

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A lazy person can go to heaven don't

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get me wrong but those people want to

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hit the heights.

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Those people want to grow those people want

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to elevate you have to work for it.

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It's not going to come easy and it's

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not going to come cheap.

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Nothing in this world that's valuable comes easy

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and nothing in this world that's truly valuable

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comes cheap.

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You have to pay the price hadith thaman.

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To read hadith thaman.

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You want it pay the price and the

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price is steep.

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It doesn't come cheap.

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And this is the advice the prophet this

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reflects this verse is a reflection of the

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advice the prophet gave to one of his

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companions.

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When Sufyan bin Abdullah al-Thaqafi came to

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the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and he asked

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him Proclaim

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your belief in Allah and Sufyan bin Abdullah

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al-Thaqafi was already a believer.

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In other words renew your faith.

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So we have to renew our faith and

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one way we renew our faith is by

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reclaiming it by restating it.

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To remind ourselves what we've committed ourselves to.

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It's a reminder.

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Remind yourself of what you've committed yourself to

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and then work for it.

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Work towards its attainment.

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This is what Allah ta'ala is telling

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us and this is what our prophet sallallahu

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alayhi wasallam is telling us and we should

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heed this lesson.

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One of the reasons that we slip sometimes

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and we feel ourselves backtracking is because we

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lose sight of what we've committed ourselves to.

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We get into the mundane everyday bump and

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grind of life and we forget it.

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Hey wait a minute.

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I left that because I wanted this.

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I wanted what Islam had to offer.

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That's why I left all of the nonsense

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I was wrapped up with.

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Now look at me slipping back into that

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nonsense.

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What am I doing?

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We have to remind ourselves.

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Allah ta'ala mentions in the Quran.

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Amongst the believers there are men and women

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of course but specifically in this verse men

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who are truthful in the covenant they've convened

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with Allah.

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They are truthful in the covenant they've convened

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with Allah.

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So we should be truthful in what we've

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committed ourselves to.

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When we say la ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah

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and then Allah ta'ala says so at

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the time of their death the angels descend

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upon them and they remind them don't be

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afraid of what's ahead of you because you're

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a believer and you strive and you did

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your best and you try to attain to

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that state of consistency in your religion so

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don't be afraid don't be afraid

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of what's before you and don't be saddened

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by what you've left behind you because at

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the time when we know there's a very

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serious test and we've taken that test and

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this dunya is a test for the believers

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you're going to be tested you're going to

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be tested this is a test when you

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take a test a very important test and

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you finish the test you're not thinking about

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the possible 90% that you got right

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you're thinking about the 10% you got

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wrong reflect on it say oh man i

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knew that answer what happened my brain just

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froze up you're not thinking of what you

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got right you're thinking about what you got

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wrong and so at the time of our

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death we're not going to be thinking about

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how many ramadans we have have in we're

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not going to be thinking about how many

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salats we prayed five times a day for

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x number of days we're going to be

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thinking about that lie we told we're going

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to be thinking about that person we might

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have cheated or defrauded we're going to be

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thinking about that insult we hurled in a

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moment of heedlessness but the angels are there

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to reassure the believers who have proclaimed their

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faith and who have striven to implement what

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Allah would have us to implement and to

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avoid what he would have us to avoid

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don't be fearful of what's ahead and don't

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be saddened by what's behind you and have

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glad tidings of the paradise you've been promised

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this is what we're living for brothers and

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sisters sometimes we put so much focus on

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this world and what's going on and transpiring

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in this world and how we're going to

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do our part to change the world and

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that's all good but we forget we are

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not living for this world we're living in

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this world but we're living for the akhirah

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we're living in this world but we're not

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living for this world we do what we

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can do in this world we do what

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we can do for the betterment of this

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world but not at the expense of our

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soul not at the expense of our soul

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and we understand this is and this is

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one of the most important lessons we can

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learn today we understand that as we struggle

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in this world our struggles are not about

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winning or losing our struggle is about obeying

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Allah subhana wa ta'ala and staying within

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the limits set by Allah these

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are the limits set by Allah don't come

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close to them these are the limits set

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by Allah don't try to transgress them so

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we understand winning and losing that's Allah's affair

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aziz al hakim victory only comes from Allah

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in the quran victory only comes from Allah

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subhana wa ta'ala it doesn't come from

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us and then so after saying that what

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does Allah say you have nothing to do

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with this affair the outcome of this affair

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your job is to strive within the limits

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that have been set the victory comes from

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Allah subhana wa ta'ala this was revealed

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after uhud Allah says you won at battle

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you lost at uhud but you had nothing

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to do with the outcome of the affair

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victory only comes from Allah the mighty the

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wise our challenge is to stay within the

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limits and this is a challenge we need

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now because of the the the inhumane viciousness

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with which many of those forces arrayed not

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only against the muslim but against the poor

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struggling people of this world in general and

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at the head of our very nation and

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not everyone in the nation they're good people

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but those controlling the mechanisms of policy those

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controlling the military industrial and now the security

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industrial complex the brutality and viciousness with which

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they with impunity destroy and ravage the lives

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and lands of innocent people inspire some muslims

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to want to respond in kind but that

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will never bring victory because we can only

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have victory through the pleasure of Allah subhana

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wa ta'ala and Allah ta'ala is

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not pleased that we transgressed against the limits

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that he set regardless of the circumstances or

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the situation this is a lesson we have

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to internalize because these verses are reminding us

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of spiritual realities number one our death even

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muslims we're so caught up in this materialistic

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reality that surrounds us or the materialistic let

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me rephrase that the materialistic illusion that surrounds

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us that we lose touch with the spiritual

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reality that is the ultimate reality because what

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is physical passes only Allah remains in the

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end this is all transitory those realities associated

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with Allah those are the lasting realities and

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the lasting realities come from our spiritual works

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the realities we might or illusions we might

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attain that are laudable by any standard and

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by the standard of our religion they're transitory

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they're transitory we achieve a political victory does

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the political the political circumstance our efforts have

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helped to shape does it endure forever sometimes

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it might not even do it for a

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decade this is a lesson of history but

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Allah ta'ala tells it is the lasting

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reward from the good deeds that you do

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that are best with your lord as a

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reward and best for you to hope for

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the good the enduring good deeds and our

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worldly strivings are part of those but we

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shouldn't take our eye off the prize have

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glad tidings of the paradise that you have

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been promised that is the prize when Allah

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ta'ala talks about the prize what does

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he tell us that's something else something you

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would all love victory from Allah and help

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from Allah in a speedy victory but the

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fauz and

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forgiveness from your lord what greater thing can

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we get than forgiveness for our sins what

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if we meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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and we're carrying the mountain of sin that

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we've accumulated in this world Allah ta'ala

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says forgiveness from your lord and he will

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enter you into beautiful gardens beneath which rivers

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flow and beautiful mansions in gardens of eden

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that is the great victory in terms of

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worldly victories so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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and our religion doesn't neglect our worldly state

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but it helps us to keep everything in

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the proper priority something else you would also

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love that is the great victory something

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else you would all love help from Allah

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and the speedy victory give glad tidings to

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the believers so we have worldly work and

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we have worldly victories but we should never

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take our eyes off the big victory because

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if we compromise our principles and violate the

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commandments that govern our action then we lose

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the great victory seeking the lesser victory and

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this is what we reminded some of us

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converted to Islam from Christianity myself included one

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verse in the bible that resonates in this

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context what profits it a man that he

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gains the wall and loses his very soul

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what profits it a man that he gains

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the wall but loses his very soul so

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Allah ta'ala he tells us the angels

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the sin and then what do they say

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that we are your protectors and we are

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your supporting friends in this world and in

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the hereafter brothers and sisters we're never alone

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neither in this world nor in the hereafter

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Allah ta'ala reminds us the angels are

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with us not only the angels sometimes we

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can become desperate and think we're all alone

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or think that the forces arrayed against us

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and all of these weapons and all of

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the money and all of the resources and

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all of the alliances arrayed against the Muslims

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is overwhelming and people get desperate and despair

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some people give up and stop struggling stop

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working all together the angels are with us

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and the order is important because that despair

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first and foremost it can afflict us in

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this world so Allah ta'ala reminds us

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the angels are with us and not just

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the angels the birds on the day of

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the the the feel Allah ta'ala sent

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the birds against the forces of Abraham the

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birds are with us the trees are with

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us the skies the clouds the rains they're

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all with us and those who seek to

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to undermine and to distort and to disfigure

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and this defame this beautiful religion they only

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have one wali or one set of all

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their shaitan their awliya is shaitan and at

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the end of the day the struggle in

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this world is not a new struggle there

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are new labels to describe the various parties

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but it's a simple struggle that's been waged

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since shaitan assailed adam alayhis salaam it's the

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struggle between the awliya of Allah and the

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awliya of shaitan that's the struggle awliyaullah wa

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awliya ash shaitan and Allah ta'ala is

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telling us it is a struggle so

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Allah says fight against the awliya of shaitan

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and know the level of your fight know

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the level of your struggle but understand it's

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a struggle and if we just stand back

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and we're just passively cruising along down the

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road of life believe me you're gonna we're

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going to be waylaid by one of the

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awliya of shaitan we're going to be waylaid

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by one of the awliya of shaitan so

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Allah ta'ala the angels tell us we

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are your supporters and your protectors in this

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world and in the hereafter so you're never

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alone brothers and sisters never imagine never think

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that you're alone we

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are your

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protectors

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in this world and in the next and

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in the next you have everything that your

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soul longs for and you will have everything

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that you could summon so no matter what

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happens in this world we're heading for a

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place where we will have joy and we

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will have bliss and we will have rewards

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that we cannot even imagine whatever

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we want and what is it that is

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waiting for us when we say keep our

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eye on the prize it's only a metaphorical

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statement waiting

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for us is what no human eye has

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ever beheld what no human ear has ever

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heard and what has never been imagined by

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a human heart another thing the greatest delight

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you could imagine is inadequate to describe the

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joys of paradise this is what is waiting

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for us and Allah ta'ala says this

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is a this is a a gift and

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this is sustenance from a merciful from a

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forgiving and merciful god our lord is merciful

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brothers and sisters never doubt it never lose

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sight of it never lose touch with that

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reality and he's forgiving we talked about those

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who might meet Allah with a mountain of

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sin you have to work very hard because

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Allah's forgiveness is deep and Allah loves to

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forgive sins Allah loves to forgive sins Ramadan

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is coming about this month Abu Huraira radiyallahu

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anhu has said يغفروا فيه إلا من أبى

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everyone is forgiven in Ramadan except one who

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who refuses they said hearing that who would

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ever refuse oh Abu Huraira he said one

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who refuses to ask Allah for forgiveness brothers

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and sisters the only thing between us and

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forgiveness is to ask Allah for forgiveness ask

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Allah for forgiveness ask Allah for forgiveness and

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in Ramadan ask with special passion and special

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commitment and then we'll stop here Allah ta

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'ala he starts by reminding us about our

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speech إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا and

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then our being upright and once we've internalized

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those lessons once we're upright in our speech

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and once we have affirmed our tawheed and

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we've affirmed and we've striven to to actualize

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that in our actions and in our character

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then we're in a position to call people

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to it so Allah ta'ala then says

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وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّنْ دَعَيْلَ اللَّهِ and who

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is better in their speech than one who

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calls to Allah who is better in their

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speech than one who calls to Allah so

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there's a foundation for that and that foundation

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is affirming tawheed with sincerity and depth and

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then striving to actualize through our actions and

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then we're in a position and we have

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a foundation to call to Allah he says

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who's better in speech than one who calls

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to Allah and so we're still the connection

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between the speech and the action in this

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context is just as important so that our

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speech is not empty when we make the

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call and it's not contradicted by our actions

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وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّنْ دَعَيْلَ اللَّهِ وَعَمَلَ الصَّالِحَةِ

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so those people prepare themselves their actions are

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consistent with their speech this reminds us we

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are not a religion of talk we don't

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give good speeches and then do nothing we

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work and then we speak so this second

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speech وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّنْ دَعَيْلَ اللَّهِ it

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came after the استقامة or the effort and

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striving we are workers our prophet ﷺ worked

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everyone who followed in his way worked we

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talked we listened to the speeches of Malcolm

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X but Malcolm X didn't just talk he

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built institutions he trained people he started newspapers

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he was instrumental in starting Muhammad Speaks newspaper

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he worked he just didn't talk and because

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he worked when he talked his speech had

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more power his speech had more power because

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it wasn't based on just sound it was

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based and built and rooted in action and

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that became power that became power because why

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those who work and then they talk they're

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doing something pleasing to Allah how do we

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know because one of the strongest condemnations in

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the Quran is the condemnation of the one

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who talks and doesn't work and it's directed

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that condemnation is directed to the believers يَا

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عِيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَا تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

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كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا مَا لَا

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تَفْعَلُونَ oh you believers why do you say

00:34:13 --> 00:34:17

that which you don't do grievously hated is

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it with Allah that you say that which

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you don't do that's directed to the believers

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we're people of of action وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا

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مِّمَّنْ دَعَيْلَ اللَّهِ so who's better in speech

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than one who calls to Allah and does

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righteous deeds وَعَمَلَ الصَّالِحَةَ وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

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and says verily proudly not not vainglorious pride

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but dignified honorable pride and this is the

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state of the believers وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

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وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ the izzah the the

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the authority and dignity dignified authority is for

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Allah his messenger and the believers the hypocrites

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realize it not don't hang your head because

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people are talking about you or writing nasty

00:35:13 --> 00:35:15

things about you or talking about you on

00:35:15 --> 00:35:18

the television or the radio hold your head

00:35:18 --> 00:35:21

high because you're not alone and what do

00:35:21 --> 00:35:24

you care what the awliya of shaitan say

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about you anyway when the angels and the

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awliya of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with

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you وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِّنَ

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الْمُسْلِمِينَ so pick your head up and understand

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the awliya the angels are with you the

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trees are with you the birds are with

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you the animals are with you all of

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the servants of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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with you are with us so we forge

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on as dignified human beings أقول قولي هذا

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واستغفر الله لي ولكم رسول المؤمنين يا قوم

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استغفروا الله الحمد

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لله رب العالمين إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُونَ عَلَى

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النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا

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تَسْلِيمًا اللهم صلِّ وسلِّم وبارِك على سيدنا وحبيبنا

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محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليمًا كثيرًا brothers

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and sisters as we mentioned there's a struggle

00:37:02 --> 00:37:07

going on in our world it's clear and

00:37:07 --> 00:37:13

our contribution has to be our greatest contribution

00:37:13 --> 00:37:16

at a spiritual level we have to gather

00:37:16 --> 00:37:22

our spiritual resources this is what Allah subhanahu

00:37:22 --> 00:37:25

wa ta'ala has blessed us with not

00:37:25 --> 00:37:27

one of us not two of us most

00:37:27 --> 00:37:30

of us we have to gather our spiritual

00:37:30 --> 00:37:36

resources because materially that's the advantage of the

00:37:36 --> 00:37:41

awliya of shaitan because shaitan he only sees

00:37:41 --> 00:37:46

the material he revels in the material when

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he was asked to prostrate to adam what

00:37:49 --> 00:37:53

was his claim ما منعك إلا تسجد إذ

00:37:53 --> 00:37:57

أمرت قال أنا خير من خلقتني من نار

00:37:57 --> 00:38:00

وخلقته من طين he pointed to his physical

00:38:00 --> 00:38:04

what he perceived to be his physical superiority

00:38:04 --> 00:38:07

why didn't you prostrate when you were commanded

00:38:07 --> 00:38:09

to do so i'm better than him why

00:38:09 --> 00:38:11

is he better he's more generous more charitable

00:38:11 --> 00:38:14

he kisses more babies he does more charitable

00:38:14 --> 00:38:17

acts no because of his physical composition you

00:38:17 --> 00:38:19

made me from fire you made him from

00:38:19 --> 00:38:24

clay that makes me better every racist follows

00:38:24 --> 00:38:27

his footsteps we're better because of our skin

00:38:27 --> 00:38:30

color because of our hair texture because of

00:38:30 --> 00:38:33

this that or the other we're better because

00:38:33 --> 00:38:38

of our physical nature no Allah teaches us

00:38:38 --> 00:38:41

in time doesn't allow to elaborate any virtue

00:38:41 --> 00:38:46

we have as an ummah only lies in

00:38:46 --> 00:38:50

spiritual advantage and that's what we have to

00:38:50 --> 00:38:54

cultivate first and foremost if we seek to

00:38:54 --> 00:38:57

impact this world and if we cultivate those

00:38:57 --> 00:39:01

qualities collectively believe me we will impact this

00:39:01 --> 00:39:05

world in ways that will boggle the mind

00:39:05 --> 00:39:10

and the next verse talks about that but

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we've mentioned those verses before so we'll stop

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here our

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lord pour patience upon us and make our

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feet firm and let us die as Muslims

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and forgive us forgive us and have mercy

00:39:40 --> 00:39:42

on us you are our master so help

00:39:42 --> 00:39:46

us against the disbelieving people oh Allah we

00:39:46 --> 00:39:47

seek refuge in you from worry and sorrow

00:39:47 --> 00:39:49

and we seek refuge in you from weakness

00:39:49 --> 00:39:51

and laziness and we seek refuge in you

00:39:51 --> 00:39:52

from jealousy and anger and we seek refuge

00:39:52 --> 00:39:54

in you from the darkness of debt and

00:39:54 --> 00:39:56

oppression of men oh Allah divide for us

00:39:56 --> 00:39:58

from the fear of what you will cause

00:39:58 --> 00:40:00

between us and your disobedience and from your

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obedience how you will make us reach your

00:40:03 --> 00:40:05

paradise and from the certainty of what will

00:40:05 --> 00:40:07

make us overcome the difficulties of this world

00:40:07 --> 00:40:10

and grant us with our ears and our

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eyes and our strength what you have given

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us and make it a heritage from us

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and make it a fortress against those who

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oppress us and help us against those who

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are our enemies and do not make our

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difficulties in our religion and do not make

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the world a greater concern than us and

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do not reach us with our sins who

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does not fear you and does not have

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mercy on us oh most merciful of the

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merciful and forgive us forgive us and have

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mercy on us you are our master so

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help us against the disbelieving people oh Allah

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help the muslims in every place oh Allah

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help the muslims in sham oh Allah help

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them oh Allah help them from you oh

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Allah oh Allah help the muslims in palestine

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and in every place oh Allah help the

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muslims in afghanistan and in pakistan in iraq

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and in every place oh Allah oh Allah

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help the muslims in every place oh Allah

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help the muslims in shaitan oh Allah help

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us in this country you are our master

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so help us against the disbelieving people oh

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Allah help the muslims in shaitan oh

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Allah help the muslims in shaitan oh Allah

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help the muslims in shaitan oh Allah help

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the muslims in shaitan oh Allah

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