Zia Sheikh – Ramadan Khatira Day 23

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The history of Islam is discussed, including the infamous "naive al-Folod's death and "naive al-Folod's actions." The "naive al-Folod's actions include infamous "naive al-Folod's actions," "naive al-Folod's actions," and "naive al-Folod's actions." The "naive al-Folod's actions include the infamous "naive al-Folod's actions" and "naive al-Folod's actions," which is the possession of "ib inform" meaning the person who is the servant of the king. The "naive al-Folod's actions" are the possession of "nawarches meaning the person who is the servant of the king, and the "naive al-Folod's actions" are the possession of "nawarches meaning the person who is the servant of the king. The speakers emphasize the

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			Alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulullah.
		
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			Last night we completed the 24th Juz, which
		
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			comprised of Surat al-Zumar, Surat al-Mu'min,
		
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			also known as Surat al-Ghafir, and Surat
		
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			al-Fusilat.
		
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			Today, inshallah, I'm just going to be talking
		
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			about a few verses from Surat al-Zumar,
		
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			which talk about the huge mercy of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and how He likes
		
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			to forgive.
		
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			Ramadan is a time in which we turn
		
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			in repentance to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			and ask Him to forgive us our sins
		
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			with the intention of making and changing our
		
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			lives for the better after Ramadan and not
		
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			just being pious in Ramadan and then forgetting
		
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			about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala afterwards.
		
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			So this is an ideal time to make
		
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			tawbah and repent.
		
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			It is mentioned that Wahshi ibn Harb, he
		
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			came to the Prophet alayhi salatu wa salam
		
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			and asked him whether Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala was going to forgive him or not.
		
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			Wahshi ibn Harb was the person who was
		
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			sent by Hind ibn Utbah to kill the
		
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			uncle of the Prophet alayhi salatu wa salam,
		
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			Hamza radiyallahu ta'ala.
		
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			And he did so in the battle of
		
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			Uhud.
		
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			And not only did he kill him, but
		
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			he also took out his entrails, his liver,
		
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			and his insides and he brought them back
		
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			to Hind to prove that he had been
		
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			killed.
		
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			So ultimately he wanted to make tawbah, he
		
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			wanted to become Muslim, but he was afraid
		
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			that the sin that he had committed, it
		
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			would not be forgiven.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reveals some
		
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			very special verses in which he addresses his
		
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			slaves, all his slaves.
		
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			And he says, Qul ya ibadi, tell them
		
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			oh Prophet of Allah, oh my slaves.
		
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			So this, first of all, the concept of
		
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			slavery in this country, it has been tainted
		
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			with the history of slavery.
		
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			Because of the bad way that slavery was
		
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			conducted and how slaves were brought into this
		
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			country.
		
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			So there is kind of a negative connotation
		
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			related to that.
		
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			But the concept of the slave in Islam,
		
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			and when we say the slave of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, it is because you
		
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			are full time in the obedience and submission
		
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			and subservience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			That's why a person is called a slave.
		
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			When we say ibadah in Arabic, this word
		
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			ibadah is derived from the word abd.
		
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			And many people just assume that ibadah is
		
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			a ritual thing that you do, which is
		
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			of course an obedience to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			But ibadah is much more than that.
		
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			Ibadah is making yourself a slave of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and subservient to him
		
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			24 hours a day.
		
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			That's what ibadah is and that's why it's
		
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			derived from the word abd, the same root
		
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			letters.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala calls us
		
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			slaves.
		
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			The other thing is that when the ibadah
		
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			is done towards something great, ibadah meaning to
		
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			show possession towards something great, then the one
		
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			who is the mubaf becomes great because of
		
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			that.
		
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			So say for example you say the word
		
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			servant or a worker.
		
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			So a servant, okay he's a servant, he's
		
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			a worker, employee.
		
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			But if you say that he's an employee
		
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			of the king, automatically this ibadah, this possession,
		
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			it changes the employee, the servant into being
		
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			a very important and noble servant.
		
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			Not just a regular servant but the servant
		
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			of the king.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala here, he
		
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			has made ibadah to himself and he said
		
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			my slaves.
		
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			You're not anybody else's slaves, you're my slaves.
		
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			So honoring the slave and the servant and
		
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			elevating his status by making this ibadah to
		
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			himself.
		
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			Oh my slaves, tell them oh my slaves.
		
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			Those that have transgressed against themselves.
		
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			Just because you committed a sin, it doesn't
		
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			mean that I've forgotten about you, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala is saying.
		
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			And it doesn't mean that you cannot come
		
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			back to me.
		
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			This is again the height of the mercy
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			That the person for whom this verse is
		
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			revealed, he's being arrested.
		
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			Who's committed such a huge sin as the
		
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			murder of the uncle of the Prophet salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			So those slaves, those are my slaves that
		
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			have transgressed against themselves.
		
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			Do not despair from the mercy of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So a person should never lose hope.
		
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			Once he has committed a sin, he should
		
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			always turn in repentance to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			A person should never become despondent, a person
		
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			should never think that Allah is never going
		
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			to forgive me.
		
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			There are many sins that people commit and
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will forgive them
		
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			if the repentance, if the tawbah is sincere.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says indeed Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala will forgive the sins.
		
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			And to stress what kind of sins, he
		
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			doesn't limit them and he says jamee'an.
		
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			Jamee'an, this is a word of ta
		
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			'keed, emphasis.
		
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			Which means everything, everything that a person wants
		
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			to make tawbah from and take repentance from
		
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			and ask forgiveness from.
		
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			Allah will forgive those sins.
		
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			Indeed he is forgiving and merciful.
		
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			Turn to your Lord.
		
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			Inaba, it is part of tawbah, to return
		
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			back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			It's from the word nawbah, to make a
		
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			turn after turn.
		
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			Turn back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Submit yourself to him.
		
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			Submit yourself, become a complete Muslim.
		
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			Submit yourself to the command of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Before a punishment comes.
		
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			So there is a time for the tawbah
		
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			to take place.
		
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			And the tawbah for a person is before
		
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			ma lam yugharghar.
		
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			yugbalu tawbatul abd, ma lam yugharghar.
		
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			That the tawbah of a person is accepted
		
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			as long as his soul is not being
		
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			removed from his body.
		
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			So before that a person has to make
		
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			tawbah.
		
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			If he sees malakul mawt, he sees the
		
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			angel of death coming to him.
		
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			And he says, now I am making tawbah,
		
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			it's too late.
		
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			The tawbah is not for the person who
		
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			sees the angel of death and says, I
		
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			made tawbah now.
		
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			The tawbah, the repentance has to be made
		
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			much earlier than that.
		
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			So before a punishment comes to you from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then you will
		
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			not be helped.
		
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			wattabi'u ahsana ma unzila ilaykum min rabbikum
		
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			min qabli an ya'tiakumul a'tabu baghta wa antum
		
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			la tash'uroon.
		
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			So in the previous ayah, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala says, there are three steps.
		
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			Anibu, make tawbah to Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, go back to him.
		
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			Aslimu lahu, submit yourself to him.
		
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			And the third thing here Allah says, that
		
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			follow the good that was revealed to you
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which was
		
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			the Quran.
		
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			Follow the Quran to the letter, before a
		
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			punishment suddenly comes to you, wa antum la
		
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			tash'uroon, and you don't even realise it.
		
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			And then Allah goes into describing the different
		
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			things that a person, the different feelings and
		
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			the psychologies that a person has, or the
		
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			excuses that a person has, when he is
		
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			faced with this punishment, if he has not
		
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			made tawbah.
		
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			So one is, an taqoola nafsun ya hasrata,
		
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			ala ma farrattu fee janbi Allah, wa in
		
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			kuntu la minassakhireen.
		
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			The first thing a person will say is,
		
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			ya hasrata, woe unto me.
		
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			Ala ma farrattu, because of the deficiency I
		
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			displayed, fee janbi Allah, in the sight of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Closeness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Meaning, I didn't try to get close to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Wa in kuntu la minassakhireen.
		
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			And I remained a person who continued joking
		
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			and ridiculing the religion.
		
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			So this is the first thing that a
		
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			person will say.
		
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			I wish that I had not wasted my
		
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			time in ridiculing and making fun of the
		
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			religion.
		
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			Aw taqoola law anna Allaha hadani, la kuntu
		
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			minal muttaqeen.
		
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			Or a person is going to say, if
		
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			Allah had guided me, then I would have
		
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			been from the people of taqwa.
		
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			So again, even at that time, instead of
		
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			blaming himself, he blames Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			That Allah didn't guide me, what am I
		
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			supposed to do?
		
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			So this is again a level of arrogance
		
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			that people have.
		
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			That they blame everything on Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala and don't take self-responsibility for
		
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			their actions.
		
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			So Allah guides people for those people who
		
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			want guidance and seek guidance.
		
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			If people don't want guidance and they are
		
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			insisting upon committing disobedience and staying in kufr
		
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			and shirk, Allah will not give guidance to
		
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			them.
		
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			And this is the concept of tawfiq.
		
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			When we say, we ask Allah to give
		
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			us tawfiq to do something, what that means
		
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			is, we will embark upon doing that thing.
		
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			We will start, we will take the first
		
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			steps.
		
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			And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
		
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			make the way easy for the person.
		
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			فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَاتَّقَىٰ وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَةِ فَسَنُ يَسِّرُهُ
		
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			لِلْيُسْرَةِ The person who gives, has taqwa and
		
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			he believes in the truth, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala says, we will make the way
		
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			towards yusra, jannah, easy for him.
		
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			But the main thing is, stepping up to
		
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			the plate and doing what you are supposed
		
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			to be doing.
		
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			And not waiting for guidance to come.
		
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			A person needs to seek guidance and he
		
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			needs to be active in finding it.
		
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			اَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَىٰ الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي
		
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			كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ The third type of
		
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			person is going to say, when he sees
		
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			the punishment, لو أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً If only
		
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			I had another chance.
		
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			It is mentioned in many places in the
		
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			Quran, that when the angel of death comes
		
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			to people, they are going to ask Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, oh Allah give me
		
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			some more time.
		
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			Give me a little bit more, a few
		
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			more days, a few more months, so that
		
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			I can turn to you, I can make
		
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			tawbah to you, I can give sadaqa, I
		
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			can do good deeds, and I can prepare
		
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			myself for the hereafter.
		
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			But obviously, now, it is too late.
		
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			اِفَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةُهُمْ وَلَا يَسْتَقْتِمُونَ
		
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			So, the third person will say, when he
		
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			sees the punishment, لو أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ
		
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			مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ If I had another chance, then
		
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			I would be the ones who perfect their
		
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			religion completely.
		
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			I'll be a perfect person if I get
		
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			this chance.
		
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			So, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala responds to
		
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			that and said, بَلَا فَجَاءَتْكَ آيَاتِي فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا
		
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			وَاسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ There were three things
		
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			that you did.
		
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			Indeed, my signs came to you.
		
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			My signs, they came to you.
		
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			The Prophet came to you.
		
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			The Messenger came to you.
		
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			The people in the masjid, the imam, the
		
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			good people, the pious people, your parents, they
		
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			reminded you again and again.
		
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			فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا You denounced them, denied them, rejected
		
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			them.
		
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			وَاسْتَكْبَرْتَ And you continued to be arrogant.
		
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			وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ And you became from the
		
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			kafirin.
		
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			Kafirin can mean either disbelievers or the ungrateful
		
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			ones.
		
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			So, basically Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, He
		
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			has, first of all, opened up the door
		
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			of tawbah and said that repentance is accepted
		
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			from everybody and anybody if their repentance is
		
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			sincere.
		
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			And that tawbah will be accepted as long
		
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			as the time of death does not come
		
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			and after which people will start making excuses
		
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			and at that time it will be too
		
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			late.
		
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			So now is the time for tawbah.
		
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			Now is the time for repentance.
		
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			This month of Ramadan is going on.
		
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			And we need to think about so many
		
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			people.
		
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			We just announced today somebody's death.
		
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			So many people that I've heard of in
		
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			this month.
		
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			At least three or four people that were
		
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			in their forties.
		
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			In the prime of their youth you would
		
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			say.
		
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			Very young age that have passed away in
		
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			this month alone.
		
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			They go and they leave a lesson for
		
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			us.
		
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			So, we need to make sure that the
		
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			few days that we have left we are
		
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			utilizing them to the best of our ability.
		
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			Making sure we are turning to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and making life-changing decisions
		
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			about where we want to go and how
		
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			we want to lead our life.
		
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			And this is basically what tawbah is.
		
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			This is what turning to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala is.
		
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			The word tawbah, it means to return.
		
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			Return back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Returning back to Him where we should be
		
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			in the first place.
		
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			So, this is something that we need to
		
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			be considering and thinking about in these last
		
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			few days of Ramadan.
		
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			I pray that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			gives us tawfiq to understand and practice what
		
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			has been said and heard.
		
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			Ameen.
		
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			Assalamu alaikum.