Zaid Shakir – Never Going To Catch The Dunya Funny Story
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The speaker discusses the importance of having peace of mind and being at peace with oneself and others. They also mention a video about a man named John John who became a richly sophisticated motorist and eventually became a poor man. The speaker emphasizes the importance of avoiding the "hasn't done enough" mentality and working hard to achieve one's goals.
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You need to you need to be at peace with yourself and have peace with your Lord and at peace with everybody else. And you'll be the happiest of all people
and this is what we're supposed to represent. And Lena greener nests. True wealth is the wealth of the Spirit the wealth of the soul
is not is not found in material things.
Like there are people out there some of you know them. Right The goal in life is to get a Mercedes not just any Mercedes S Class, serial Colin nonetheless, get your number because the lights look like an eyes. So like the end you want to * so you work hard you work overtime you get your degree from University of Texas which has a certain amount of market ability you get hired and you make your money and you get your number and you're happy until something goes wrong like wow what was that? That that's a Bentley that's what real rich people drive then you just became instantly poor
yeah nomina and your por la county get a bit lead.
Thought I've made it so you get another job you killing yourself. You save your money and you get a Bentley now you're feeling real good Philly real rich. You get those scars what they call a crackhead or something
called Montale boo
you're driving your VIP D and you have your credit that's you know you look in real rich Oh like what was that? Oh that's a Rolls Royce. That's what rich people drive land you just became poor again. Subhan Allah.
Yeah. So you work harder and you get your Rolls Royce now you're really filling go you hire a butler opens the door for you to get in your Rolls Royce. Good morning, Mr. Abdullah.
Have a great day.
Thank you, Giles.
Yeah, you hired your non Muslim Butler. You've got a real rich by Butler's not even Muslim. I love those names. Giles. Okay, toodaloo Giles.
Roll, like what was that? That was a muzzle Roddy. That's what real rich people who feel young drive. Now you feel old and poor.
Like Todd then and poor Suvarna law, you work hard. Get your mother robbing you feeling real supportive? And never ends. This is the dunya you're never going to catch the dunya
that's what we as a community should be telling people people, you're never going to catch the dunya why? As Imam Ali said or Tarhana to dunya Bureau tell the world is behind you. It is running away from you. That means what is behind you're moving away from it like this. How are you going to catch that?
Are Tallaght dunya Madeira tell is behind you running away from you is like that you're never going to catch it. And we're never going to escape the Acura Well, after Hallett hero to mobility and the world is in front of you moving towards you. How are you going to escape that? How can you catch that? And how can you escape that? It's impossible. outdate myself, when I was a young person, there was this television program, but you guys know about it because they made it into a movie. Mission Impossible. How many years Mission Impossible? You guys heard of mission? Impossible? No?
Yes, no. Can you get a witness? To thumbs up Allahu Akbar. Witness
their Mission Impossible. Brothers and sisters, catching the dunya is Mission Impossible. And escaping the akhira is Mission Impossible. It's not going to happen. It's impossible. And so accept it. Embrace it, relish it.
Enjoy.
Which doesn't mean we work hard in the dunya how we can do the wonderful things that we should we work hard, but at the end of the day, we understand. That's not the end of our fair