Zakir Naik – Taubah – The Repentance

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			What is the meaning of the word
		

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			Tawba?
		

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			And
		

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			both in general terms, I want to know
		

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			it, and in the Islamic
		

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			context please.
		

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			The Arabic word Tawba
		

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			literally
		

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			means
		

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			to return
		

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			or to come back
		

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			and in the Islamic context, in the Sharia,
		

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			it means, a person who leaves
		

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			the things which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has
		

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			prohibited
		

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			and he returns back to the things which
		

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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has commanded. So, in
		

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			short, it means a person
		

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			leaving the acts which Allah has prohibited
		

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			and he returns back to the acts which
		

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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'la has commanded
		

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			and
		

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			this aspect of Tawba or repentance
		

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			is present in all the religions
		

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			that believe in the concept of God
		

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			and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala speaks about Tawba
		

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			and repentance in the Quran
		

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			in several places,
		

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			including Sura Noor, chapter number 24,
		

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			verse number 31, where Allah says, O you
		

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			who believe,
		

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			turn altogether in repentance to Allah Subhanahu Wa
		

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			Ta'la so that you may attain Bliss!
		

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			Allah repeats a similar message in Surah Baqarah,
		

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			chapter number 2, verse number 222,
		

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			where Allah says that Allah loves
		

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			those who turn to Him in repentance and
		

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			Allah loves
		

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			those
		

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			who are clean and pure
		

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			And a similar message is given in the
		

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			Hadith of our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAWAYSAWAYAM.
		

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			It's mentioned in Sahib Bukhari,
		

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			verb number 8,
		

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			book of applications,
		

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			Hadith number
		

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			6309,
		

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			where our beloved Prophet Muhammad said,
		

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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'la is more pleased when
		

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			His servant seeks repentance
		

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			than any one of you
		

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			when
		

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			he finds his camel which has been lost
		

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			in the desert that means Allah Subhanahu Wa
		

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			Ta'la is very pleased
		

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			when anyone seeks His repentance, asks for forgiveness
		

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			and he forgives
		

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			them. So in short, Tawba
		

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			means Repentance,
		

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			which means
		

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			leaving the act, which is filed by Allah
		

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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and returning back to the
		

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			acts which He has commanded. In short, it's
		

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			a journey from the dislike
		

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			to the thing which is like the
		

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			last.