Zia Sheikh – Did the Prophet SAW get influenced the Shaytaan while reading Quran 6212016 16

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The transcript discusses the spread of negative slander and the spread of Islam against Prophet servicing the Prophet. The shaping of the internet's impact on the Prophet's recitation is discussed, as well as the use of the Shaytan program to distort people's perception of the Internet. The transcript concludes that the Internet is impossible to break and the Shaytan program is a source of weakness.
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Alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salam wa ala rasulillah.

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Last night we completed Surat al-Hajj.

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I'm just going to talk about a few

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verses in the middle of Surat al-Hajj

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which are associated with a controversial story which

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has been used to spread negative slander against

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Islam and the spread of Islam and against

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the Prophet ﷺ.

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So it's important to hear the whole story

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before leaving so that you don't go with

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a misunderstanding.

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Also, it's on video, so the people who

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are watching this video, they are also requested

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to listen to the whole story so that

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they get a better understanding of what that

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story is about.

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It's mentioned in a riwayah that the Prophet

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ﷺ, once he was reciting some verses from

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Surat al-Najm.

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And in Surat al-Najm, Allah ﷻ says,

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أَفَرَأِيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّ وَمَنَاتَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَى And after

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that, as he was reciting, he inserted, and

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again this is a riwayah, which you'll hear

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the validity of afterwards.

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He recited, تِلْكَ الْغَرَانِي قُلْ عُلَىٰ وَإِنَّ شَفَاعَتَهُنَّ

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لَتُرْتَجَى So this, the verses, أَفَرَأِيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّ

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did you see اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّ which were two

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statues of the Quraysh.

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And وَمَنَاتَ is another statue of Quraysh.

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This is the third one that was mentioned.

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اللَّات وَالْعُزَّ وَمَنَاتَ So after that, Allah ﷻ

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says, the real verse is, it talks about

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male and female and so on, that the

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Quraysh used to say that Allah ﷻ has

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daughters and the daughters are the angels and

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so on.

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So to denounce that Allah ﷻ mentioned some

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verses.

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But after these verses about اللَّات وَالْعُزَّ the

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Prophet ﷺ said, تِلْكَ الْغَرَانِي قُلْ عُلَىٰ وَإِنَّ

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شَفَاعَتَهُنَّ لَتُرْتَجَى which is not part of the

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Qur'an.

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And they mean, these verses mean that these

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glorious statues or these glorious idols, indeed their

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shafa'ah or intercession can be hoped for.

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Subhanallah.

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So the idols which Islam is completely against,

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shirk associating with Allah ﷻ, Islam is completely

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against.

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And then according to this riwayah, the Prophet

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ﷺ is praising the idols and he is

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saying, not only is he saying that they

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are glorious, rather he is saying, on top

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of that he is saying that their intercession

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can be hoped for.

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So this story continues.

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I am going to finish the story and

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then the verse associated with it and then

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the reality behind the story.

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So when the, and then the Prophet ﷺ

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continued until the end of Surah an-Najm,

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at the end of Surah an-Najm there

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is a sajdah, he prostrated and also all

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of the kuffar of Quraysh, they prostrated alongside

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with him.

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Two of the kuffar of Quraysh that were

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old, they could not do so, so they

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even took up some soil from the ground

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and put it to their head to indicate

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that they were prostrating.

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And then they went home very happy that

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today Muhammad has said something that was very

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pleasing to us and if he continues to

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say things like this, then we are going

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to go along with him because he is

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praising our idols.

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So after this, Jibreel ﷺ came down to

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the Prophet ﷺ and said, Ya Rasulullah, how

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come you said something today that I never

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brought for you?

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I never revealed these verses that you said,

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how come you said that?

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And the Prophet ﷺ became very upset and

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he became very despondent at what had happened

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and then Allah ﷻ revealed the verses which

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are in Surah Al-Hajj, which I am

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going to recite now.

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There has never been a Prophet before you,

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no Rasul or Nabi before you and we

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heard the difference between Rasul and Nabi from

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Mufti Said last night.

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He mentioned what is the difference between them.

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So there has never been any Rasul or

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any Nabi before you except whenever he made

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a Tamannah and here Tamannah refers to reciting.

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Whenever he recited, the Shaytan, he inserted things

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inside that recitation.

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The Shaytan inserted things inside that recitation.

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So Allah ﷻ, he deleted or omitted what

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the Shaytan had put.

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Then he made strong his own verses.

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Indeed Allah ﷻ is all-knowing and all

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-wise.

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So what is the reality behind this story?

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And what does it actually mean?

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And if it is true, then actually the

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whole Quran can come under scrutiny that how

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many of those verses did the Shaytan influence

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and try to change or distort.

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Is that a possibility?

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So this Riwayah is used by the non

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-Muslims nowadays to actually put doubt into the

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minds of the Muslims and to show that

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the Shaytan had an influence on the Prophet

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ﷺ.

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So what is the reality behind this story?

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The scholars have come to the conclusion that

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this story, there is a lot of weakness

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behind it and some scholars even go as

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far as to say that it is a

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fabricated story, there is no source behind it

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and there is no validity to this actual

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story.

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However, others have said that there is some

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validity to the story and what actually happened

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was this.

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The thing that actually happened was that the

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Prophet ﷺ, he is reciting and he was

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reciting according to the command of Allah SWT

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with Tarteel.

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Tarteel means to recite slowly.

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So he used to recite slowly and he

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used to put gaps between the verses and

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while he was reciting these verses, in the

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middle, the Shaytan intervened and imitating the sound

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of the Prophet ﷺ, he said those verses.

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وَإِنَّ الشَّفَاعَةَ هُمَّ لَتُرْتَجَ And because he imitated

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the Prophet ﷺ so well, everybody thought it

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was the Prophet ﷺ that said it and

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even the Kuffar of Quraysh, they thought that

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he said it and they fell into prostration

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at the end of Surah An-Najm.

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So according to the real understanding of what

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this verse means, this verse or the story

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means, this verse actually, we can understand it

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another way.

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But, وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَسُولٍ وَلَا

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نَبِيٍ Whenever there was a Prophet, Rasul or

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Nabi that came before you, or Prophet of

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Allah, there was, whenever he used to recite,

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أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَتِهِ The Shaytan used to

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intervene within the recitation and try to fool

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people as the story suggests that I've just

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mentioned.

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So Allah SWT فَيَنْسَفُ اللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ

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ثُمَّ يَحْكِمُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ Allah SWT would cancel

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out whatever the Shaytan had put and he

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would make his own verses stronger.

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وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ Allah is indeed all-knowing

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and all-wise.

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So if you come across this story, if

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you come across this story, remember that it

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did not happen according to what people are

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trying to portray that actually the Prophet SAW

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recited these verses which were incorrect or said

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statements which were completely against the spirit of

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Islam which contained shirk.

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It is impossible for us to believe that

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otherwise again the whole Quran's validity comes into

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question.

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The whole Wahi and the Prophet SAW's Prophethood

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and the whole message comes into question.

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What actually happened was that as the Prophet

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SAW recited the Shaytan imitated him, said some

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words and people thought that it was the

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Prophet SAW reciting and to console the Prophet

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at the end Allah SWT revealed these verses

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to tell him that this has happened with

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Prophets before.

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The Shaytan has tried this with the Prophets

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SAW before.

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You are not the first one.

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So if it happened to you and the

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Shaytan imitated you and made this sound come

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as if it was coming from you this

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is not something new.

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So O Prophet of Allah do not be

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upset and do not take it to heart.

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This is something that has happened before to

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other Prophets SAW too.

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So we also need to understand the validity

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of the story and we need to understand

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what is the reality of the story before

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we, when we hear this any negativity about

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it we should have a response and understand

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the true nature of what happened so that

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we can have a good response ready so

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that the person who is trying to accuse

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Islam he will realize that he is in

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the wrong and Islam is still valid, the

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Quran is valid and nothing the Shaytan has

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never influenced or changed or tampered with the

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Quran.

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It is in its intact and original state

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as it was revealed to us from the

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Prophet SAW from Jibrail AS and from Allah

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SWT.

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I pray that Allah SWT gives us Tawfiq

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to understand and practice what is being said

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and heard.

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