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Secrets of The Night of Qadr (Ft Sheikh Ayub Rashid) · After Maghrib 🌙

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All the villa having a shut down line in regimes.
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Miller, Rahman Rahim, respected brothers and sisters, Salaamu
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alaikum Muhammad Allahi Abuhatu, welcome back to the Aftermarket
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podcast and we pray inshallah. Your Shaharah Muban is going
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well so far. Of course, as we know, these are
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some blessed nights that we are now amidst, and that includes of
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course the Shahada of our first Imam, the successor of the Holy
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Prophet Muhammad, Sallallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, none other than
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the first Imam, Imam Al Nabi Lahi was Salamu Ali.
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At the same time, Brunch sisters, we are also preparing
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our souls for the Knights of Qadar Layala Kadar, the Knights
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of Destiny, the Knights of Power.
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The Knights were, of course, the decree of our last Panata.
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Allah is also dependent on us as individuals, how we spend our
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nights and our days in these blessed times.
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So inshallah tonight we want to have a fantastic conversation, a
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deep conversation. A conversation which looks at
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context, conceptual ideas and looks at the the the literature
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of the Holy Quran, looks at the hadith of the Ahela Beta Lehman
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Salaam and draws parallels between these two landmark
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occasions. We'll also have a deep
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discussion on Sortel Qadar, of course, the 97th chapter of the
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Holy of Quran, and ways in which we can connect more deeply to
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this order, which we recite now more than ever, more than any
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other time in the Islamic calendar.
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So we'll have a fantastic conversation with a very special
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guest before we introduce. Our guest gives me great joy as
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always to be joined by my dear brother Saeed Ali.
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Salam Ali. How are you doing?
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Al Hamdallah, Hamdallah, I'm well.
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How are you? Al Hamdallah, Hamdallah, of
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course, these are Knights of shahada and Knights of sorrow.
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So we offer condolences, of course, Maya, condolences to you
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say, and of course to the to the Almighty, the awaited Imam and
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of course Knights of of great power.
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So every year when we have this conversation, we always think
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about how best to maximize these Knights.
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And I always ask myself this question and I've started doing
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it from now or even from earlier in Shahramadhan, you know, every
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Shahramadhan, we say your destiny for the coming year is
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written. Yes, I think if if ME 2024 could
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see how I am one year from now, how I am now, would I be proud
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of myself or not? Yeah.
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So then I think, well, these nights of color are coming up.
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Am I going to write my destiny for the coming year to be better
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for my soul? I'm not talking about what I
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have or what I, but rather what I've become.
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So inshallah, I pray we can make the most of it.
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Inshallah and inshallah, we can maximize our spirituality and
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our worship to Allah Spano Tallah during these holy blessed
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nights. And I think one way we can do so
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is giving in the way of Allah and charity.
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And for those who have been listening since the beginning of
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Shah Ramadan, keeping up with episodes we have, we have
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partnered with the Zahara Trust where we are Sharla running a
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campaign with them where we're trying to raise £5000 that will
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go towards many micro financing projects.
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Sharla, people make the intention to take part in this
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campaign. And Sharla, your reward do a lot
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with Allah Subhanahu. And having said all of this, I
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do want to say that we are joined today by someone who is
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very special to me on a personal level and to us, all of us as
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well. But why I said person is because
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I went to Siara with this beautiful soul where we really
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had a spiritual journey and I really loved every moment I
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spent with him. And that's none other than the
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amazing, the amazing soul Sheikh Nah Sheikh Ayub Rashid Salaam
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Alaikum. Alaikum Salaam alaikum.
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Bless both of you. How was your How's your month
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gone so far? Al Hamdullah, so far so good,
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it's busy, but at Hamdulillah with that busy kind of
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activities, we get the opportunity to recite Quran, do
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other programs, teaching at the same time.
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We ask Allah to accept it. Shah Shah Shah.
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Shah, one thing I want to ask to kick off with your permission is
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every time we approach this third week of Shahramalan and
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we, we have the the Shahada of Emila Mahmanin Alayhi Salaam and
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at the same time we have the AL Al Qadar, especially on the
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19th, the 21st and the 23rd nights of, of the holy month.
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How do we balance? Or if I can ask you, how do you
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balance these nights? Is it something where you split
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one part for Mossahib, one part for Amal?
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Do you intertwine it some way or do you have a a kind of unique
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formula? Yeah, Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim
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al hamdulillahi sallallahu Ala Muhammad.
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It's difficult sometimes. According to your question, it's
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difficult sometimes to separate Elayal UL Qadri and Museeba of
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Amirul Mumminin. Actually, there was a time I was
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doing like deep thinking, looking at the life of Imam
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Amirul Mumminin Alayhi Salaam and keeping in your mind and and
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this show, by the way, thank you very much for having this this
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show, especially for the youth. I was thinking Ali Alayhi
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Salaam, straight to the point. Mohawi ABI Sufian took power
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after the death of Imam Amirul Mamin Shahad of Ali Alayhi
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Salaam. He decided he had a mission.
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One of the missions is to make sure he sent a staff for Allah
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Lana curse upon Ali Alayhi Salam and this continued for more than
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100 years now 180 plus here. Now, when you look at this, I I
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was thinking if Ali Alayhi Salam was not martyred in the holy
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month of Ramadan, and especially within this Lyal al Qadri, we
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remember him. We wouldn't be able to remember
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Ali Alaihi Salaam because of the campaign which was done by the
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government of Mahawiya and those who came after him.
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So during the Lyal al Qadr, of course I focus on Lyal al Qadr
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because these are holy nights, but at the same time I cannot
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separate myself from Amirul Momin Ali Alaihi Salaam.
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So I put the two together and I enjoy the moments.
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When it comes to Doha, I do Doha recitation of the Holy Quran,
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but at the same time I remember munaja to fali alayhi Salam
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maulaya yeah, maulai and tell maulo and Alabd.
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So I think remembering Ali it it adds a cream on the cake of
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Layali card and that's the beauty of.
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Beautiful. I love how you said this heart.
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It's difficult to separate them because they are inseparable.
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And the bits, I really love that.
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And Shala, I think this is something we all resonate with
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and share, share with you. Share.
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Let's dive straight into the topic in Shala.
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It's one I've been really looking forward to because I've
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always heard about, you know, so there I grew up as a child
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memorizing. I'm always encouraged to recite
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it. And when it comes to the month
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of Ramadan, we're told, for example, if we can, to recite it
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100 times, if I'm not mistaken, during the night of qadar as
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well. So it's always on our tongues,
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but I don't think we have truly understood the meaning of the
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actual Surah itself. And I want to start with the
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first verse, if you allow me. Schechner, Smila, Rahman, Rahim
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and Nansen, no affiliate, but what is the significance of
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later Qadar and how do we understand the meaning of what
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is the night of decree or the night of power, the night of
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destiny? And I think if we can just begin
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here, sure. And inshallah, we're going to go
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on the journey towards understanding.
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Here insha Allah, first and foremost we need to ask Allah
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subhanahu atallah to include us among those people who have got
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the success to be in the layali qadr.
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They are do us to be accepted inshallah.
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So if you look at the Surah Surah al Qadr, number one, we
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understand that Allah Subhanahu Atallah says is millahi Rahmani
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Rahim inna. Indeed, we.
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Yes. Before we reach Laila Tulkad,
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indeed we so here inna it is Allah Subhanahu Atallah and His
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Kingdom Anzalna. In Anzalna who we have revealed
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it in Anzalna Ho fi Laila Tulkad, we have revealed it in
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the holy Laila Tulkader, the knight of power Laila Tulkader.
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Here first of all, Allah Subhanahu Attallah doesn't
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mention the word Quran, Inna and Zalnahu, indeed we have revealed
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it. Scholars of Arabic language
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tafsir and Belara. They say sometimes when you
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don't mention the name of someone or something, you give
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it more aura in order for people to wait.
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What are you talking about? What did you send down?
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Yeah, what? What is this?
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So Allah Subhana, what? Allah is preparing the mindset
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of believers. Indeed, we have revealed it.
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Feel a little qadr. In the night of Qadr.
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Night of Qadr, night of power, night of destiny, night where
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many things are happening, Hanzanaho feel a little Qadr.
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What makes this like Laila tulkadir to be special #1 is
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that the Holy Quran has been revealed in it.
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So you look at the Holy Quran, for example, Surah al baqarah
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where Allah subhanahu atal in the verses where he talks about
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fasting aya #183 he says bismillahi rahmani Rahim yeah
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ayuhalavina amanu kutiba alaikum musuyam Kama kutiba Allah lavina
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mean kabli kumla Allah kumta. Then I am a madu that and until
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he says shaharu Ramadan Levi unzila fihil Quran the month of
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Ramadan, it is in it the Holy Quran was revealed.
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So where when was the Holy Quran revealed?
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You go to Surah Arduhan Allah Subhanahu Taala says in Anzal
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nahufi Laylatin Mubaraka. We have revealed it in the night
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which is blessed, full of blessings.
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So Laila Tulkader takes that respect, if we can call it and
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dignity because the Holy Quran was revealed in that Laila
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Tulkader. And then you continue with the
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Surah in Nanzel nahufi Leila tilkad.
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Then Allah says Wama adaraka Malala tulkad, Wama adaraka
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Malaya tulka. What will make you to
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comprehend, to understand what is Leila tulkad?
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This reminds me about the 10th of Ramadan when we commemorated
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the shahada of ladies Khadija Salaam Allah.
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One day the Holy Prophet said Wama adrakama Khadija, what will
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make you to understand Khadija? So here Allah subhanahu, what
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Ala says wama adraka malayala Turkad, what will make you to
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understand, to comprehend about Laila Turkad, Laila Tulkadir
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Hiramin al Fisher? What makes it to be more
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dignified is that it one night is better than 1000 months.
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So #1 the Holy Quran was revealed in Leila tilkadr #2
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Allah Subhanahu at Allah has mentioned it in the Holy Quran
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that this night is not just a normal night, it's a special 1
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#3. Rasulullah prepared the mindset
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to welcome Laila Tulkad. There is narration which says
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that the last 10 nights of Shaharu Ramadan whenever they
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used to come, the Holy Prophet slept very little.
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According to one Arabic phrase it says Kanaya should do me
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Izara. In our day-to-day language.
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You can say he used to tight his belt.
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Yes, ready for Ibadah, ready for thicker, ready for recitation of
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the Holy Quran, ready for Salah. So what makes it special is
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Quran and Rasulullah himself and all Alul Baitallahim of Salaam
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they honor this night. Beautiful, beautiful just in
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terms of the Quran, since we're we're still speaking about the
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first verse. If I could come back to it when
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when Allah Subhana Batala says indeed we have sat down the
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Quran on Layla. Many people understand it as the
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Quran was revealed over stages over a period of 23 years.
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I'm correct. So what does it mean that we
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sent it down Ramadan. Is there a difference?
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Is it a difference of revelation that came to Rasul Allah.
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If you can, just perhaps. Yes, indeed.
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Thank you very much. This question is very important
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when we look at the Holy Quran. If we are we are quick and we
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don't pay attention the way you are paying, you won't see this
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particular. Because we know the Quran
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doesn't contradict itself. No, no, someone looking without
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understanding it properly. Quran versus corresponds other
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verses in the Holy Quran. So there are two things here.
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Number one, there is what Mufasirin call Inzal and Tanzil.
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Yes. So in Anzal Nahu, indeed we have
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revealed it in Zad. It means the whole of the Holy
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Quran was revealed. Phile la tilcader in the night
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of Pao Tanzil. Quran was revealed gradually now
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in Mecca, in Medina and other places.
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Eventually scholars decided to say that you know what?
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It's difficult for us to say. They were vases which were
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revealed in, for example, Radirhome and others were
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revealed in the city of Medina. Others may be in Ohud, others in
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Badr. Let us make it this way.
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Any verse which was revealed before Hijra of the Holy Prophet
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before he migrated to Medina, that will be known as the verses
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of Makia. The verses which were revealed
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in Mecca. Any verse, any Surah which was
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revealed after the migration will be known as Madania.
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Yep, meaning the ones which were revealed in Medina.
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Today you look at the Holy Quran, you will see after
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Bismillah Nazalat fimaca O Makia O Madania, Makia Madania was
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revealing, Maka was revealing Medina.
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So Tanzil is gradually in zal. The whole of it was revealed
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once when Allah says in Anzal Nahufi Laila Tilkader, it means
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the whole of the Holy Quran was revealed in Laila Tilkader.
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And here we have two versions. One says it was revealed to the
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sky of this world. The whole of the Holy Quran was
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revealed there. It's like in our understanding
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there was a a warehouse, yeah. So it was kept there and any
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time when there is a need, Jibrail will go pick whatever
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Rasulullah needs and he will bring it to him.
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Beautiful. Yeah.
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Or other opinion says no. It was revealed in the chest of
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Rasulullah. So he was led to know what would
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happen before even the verses would come down.
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But he was kept. He was told not to reveal until
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until when the time comes and the Jibrail would come.
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So inzal and tanzil here in Nanzal nahu fila tilkadir, we
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are talking about the whole of the Holy Quran to be revealed in
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this Lai Latin Mubaraka, a blessed night.
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I think this understanding, like I said, Ali said, the first
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verse of the solar in itself encapsulates so much which we
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fail, I think sometimes to reflect on and and to have a
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great amount of on where we're when we recite the solar, we
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have this tendency to recite sort of Qadir in a parrot like
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fashion. You know, when we focus on the
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quantity of the soda we're reciting rather than the quality
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and the reflection on the actual soda itself.
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I know before the podcast, we spoke briefly about this, this
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book, the Theo to double Al Quran, which is a commentary, a
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reflective commentary on the Quran by a team of scholars
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under the supervision of Sheikh Mohammed Saeed Bahama Poor and
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Sheikh Dr. Tahar Al Dajafar. Absolutely fantastic and
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recently published by the War Federation.
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But there's a point here, Sheikh, which I wanted to to ask
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you specifically in in specifically in in terms of the
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Inzal and the Tanzil discussion. It says here that Imam Salih
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Alayhi Salaam was asked about Alayhi Salaam, how the Quran was
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revealed in the month of Ram Avan as mentioned.
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And the Imam Alayhi Salaam said the month of Ram Avan is the
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month in which the Quran would was revealed and the companion
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asked him how it had been revealed over 20 or 23 years.
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And the Imam Alayhi Islam said the Quran was revealed as one
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word in the month of Ramadan to the Battle Mahmoud.
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And thereafter it was sent down from Battle Mahmoud over a
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period of 20 years. When we talk about the actual
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descent of the Holy Quran into the into the saddle of of
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Sallallahu Muhammad, Sallallahu from Lohal Mahfold to Bethel
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Izzah Bethel Mahmoud and into the chest of the Holy Prophet,
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are these things which make a difference.
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And I know this sounds very blunt, but to to us as Muslim
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mean, as MOT minin, is it important?
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Is it an important understanding for us to understand how the
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Holy Quran was revealed and does that in essence change the way
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we should read the Holy Quran or understand revelation?
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I think yes in a sense that see the rahma of Allah Subhana what
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Allah, the mercy of Allah Subhana what Allah #1 He didn't
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reveal the whole of the Holy Quran at once to Rasulullah to
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say OK this is a complete book, take it here.
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Rasulullah tell Muslims to apply it.
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It would be difficult because there are laws there, there are
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issues to do with practice, practices of Ebada, which we do
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day-to-day. Allah out of His wisdom and
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hikmah, he decided, no, I will reveal this Quran gradually in
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order for Muslims to be able to practice it, in order for them
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to comprehend it, to understand it.
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It's not an easy book for for us to be given at one time to say,
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OK, go and practice it. Look at the holy Quran, Surah al
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hash. Yeah, even even just to reveal
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it, the whole of it. One time Allah says Lao Anzalna
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had Al Quran, Allah Jabalin Lara ETA Hu hashi and muta swat de
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anmin hashi Attila. If we were to reveal this Quran
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on the mountain, it would be shaken, trembling.
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Why? Because of the awe of Allah
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Subhanahu attack. So we as well, it would be
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difficult for us even just to carry the Holy Quran without
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practicing with the practices of law out of the mercy of Allah.
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He decided, no, we need to do this in that and maybe on the
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other understanding even he wanted to show the angels, you
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know what I'm going to reveal a book which actually the gene
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according to the Holy Quran, they said this book which has
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been revealed is Mubarak. There's not no other book like
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this one. So the angels now come to know
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that the plan of Allah Subhanahu, what Allah is this,
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that he will reveal the Holy Quran.
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See the mankind how how merciful Allah is to them.
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They will enjoy a lot in terms of spiritualism.
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So coming to the point, is it important for us to know this?
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I think so, yes, we need to know.
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However, not nitty gritty maybe, but we need to know that you
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know what there are two types of the revelation 1 is gradually
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and another one which is in its totality.
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The Holy Quran was revealed. Why?
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To show the importance of the Holy Quran, importance of the
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Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi alaihi
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Musallam, and then to take an opportunity to try, to read, to
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memorize, to practice and to make sure that we live the life
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of the Holy Quran. That's beautiful, Ahmed.
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You know, the Knights of power, the Knights of destiny, the
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Knights of Qadar, you know, we spend our time doing Aman,
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recycling Quran, seeking forgiveness from Allah, Spano
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Atahala, you know, maximizing our spirituality.
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But I think we genuinely lack something and that is giving in
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the way of Allah, Subhanahu Atahallah.
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And they say during the Knights of Qadar, whatever good act you
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do is multiplied 1000 times. And.
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And and while what I want to say is that this is the time where
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we maximize the opportunity not just to increase our reward in
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the next life, but help it bring change in this dunya where we
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can see it's impacting people on the ground.
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Yeah, yeah, I agree completely. And you know, like, what is the
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points? You know, what's the point for
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us in the Knights of Sharda Amira Mamanin when we are so
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spiritual and we're connecting with Allah and we're connecting
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with the Ahlubaita Lehmus Salaam.
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And a lot of what we're thinking about is in the past tense.
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You know, we're thinking about the revelation of the Holy
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Quran. We're thinking about the the
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trials and the tribulations that the Ahlubaita Lehmusam went
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through, when really their message was not just for the
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people of then, but also the people of now and how we should
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interact with society around us. And like you said, there's a lot
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of things right now in the world which we need to try and help
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alleviate. So one of those, of course, is
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poverty. And not just poverty in the
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sense that, you know, when we think of people who are hungry
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or homeless, it's more than that.
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I think it's people who lack continuity, who lack
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sustainability. So I mean, everyone knows at
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home this Shaharam Avan, the Sahara Trust are working with
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after Mahadeb and we're supporting each other to try and
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bring these people out of a cycle of poverty.
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And one of the things we're focusing on a lot, this from
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Avan, is to try and find ways to give people employment, you
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know, through microfinance schemes, through employment
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schemes, specifically people who are really struggling, like
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widows, yeah, for example, vulnerable women who don't get
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the support. I think a lot of the times from
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charities to pull them out of poverty.
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They may get a basket of food, for example, that won't support
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them for the long term. What are they doing said to help
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them? They're.
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Working on a number of microfinancing projects.
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But I think one, one thing in particular that struck me is the
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one where they give opportunity to widows and to women where
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they can, you know, set up their own business, where there's a
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hard trust actually helps them set up shop.
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So they give them a place where they can trade, a place where
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they can learn skills and go earn a living on their own
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without relying on other people, without, you know, because, you
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know, sitting down, for example, begging for someone to give you
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money. Well, that hurts one's dignity.
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That hurts one's ability to feel, you know, a normal life.
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You know, they look at others and they say, you know what?
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They have the opportunity. All they need is someone to give
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them that helping hand. And we can do that, this little
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header. We can help a family come out of
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poverty. And we say where Shia Imam Ali
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was known for what? During his rule, when he was
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Khalifa and Kufa? During his caliphate, if we can
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call it so. No one tasted poverty.
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Accent. He was always with the orphans,
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he was always with the widows and he looked after them.
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And that's the beauty that we learned from Emir Mumani during
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his nice of Shahada, during the nice of Qatar.
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And maybe it's an encouragement where we can inshallah be
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generous in our contribution. So donations as a.
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Trust and you know, a last point is these these projects like to
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what you mentioned the supporting the widows and giving
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them support. For example, we we see case
23:55
studies of this. So, for example, in the town of
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Diwani and Iraq, there was a widow called called Alia Fatima
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who was given a, a beautiful store to set up a cosmetic salon
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basically. So she's trained, she's, she's
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been given the skills to, to set up a shop and to have staff and
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to, you know, you know, give her services to people, But also
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then she's then got an entrepreneurial spirit which she
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can carry through for the rest of her life.
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And she throws around her as well.
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So you're, you're now uplifting, not just a person or a family,
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but then a community ultimately, and giving support and, and
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boosting the local economy as well.
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So I think this is an incredible initiative.
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Bron sisters, these are the nights of power.
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These are the nights of destiny. These are the nights where we
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can make a change. If not, if you can't find it
24:41
within you to give it to people who need to change, at least do
24:43
it for yourself. Mama Sadaka Assam says that
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giving charity Shahan Mavan averts 70 calamities from you
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and this is a a beautiful opportunity.
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If we don't do it now during these nights of Leah Al Qadar,
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then when are we going to do it? So let's make use of that
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opportunity. Make sure you click the link in
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Now back to the episode. Shahna, I want to ask something.
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You know, being inshallah Shia, a Muslim, we call ourselves.
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So those who hold on to the path of Amir Al Namin Ali, the school
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of battle debate, sometimes we come across certain narrations
25:26
that make us try to better understand what's being said by
25:30
the holy Imams. One which is for example, that
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there is a link between say the Fatmans, the Hara Ali has Salaam
25:37
through the night of Qadar. And for many people, this may be
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the first time they ever heard this.
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I've heard in a numerous lectures.
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I've also people have shared their own hadees here and there
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and they say there's a connection between, say, the
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Fatima Zahara Ali has Salaam and the Knight of Qatar.
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What can we take from this? How do we understand this
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without, you know, being confused if we can say because
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ultimately as Muslims, we believe the later Qatar is
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strictly connected to Allah. So how does it connect to the
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beloved daughter of Rasul? Allah Santa Fasir where they
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mentioned the connection and which is as you say, maybe some
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people will be like wow, no, now those years have started now.
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Talking you religion. For us, Fatima Tu Zahara Ali has
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Salaam. There is no any woman like
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Fatima Tu Zahara Ali has Salaam. She's not just a daughter of the
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Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Alayhi Assalam.
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She's not just the the mother of Ahima Alayhi Musalam.
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She's not just the wife of Amirul Mumminin Alayhi Salaam.
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Fatima is Fatima. We do not understand the
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position, the status of Fatima Tu Zahara, so link #1 Fatima is
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hidden. Only few people understand the
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status of Fatima Tu Zara Ali Hasala.
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Laila Tul Qatar is not known, Is hidden the way Laila Tul Qatar
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is not known? Which night is it?
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The 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th.
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It's not. So you have to search it.
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You have to stay awake in order for you to get the blessings.
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Similarly, you have to search about Fatima to Zara.
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Which lady is this Why the Holy Prophet says Fatima to bother
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Atun Mini Fatima is part of me. Ya Rasulullah, we know Fatima is
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your daughter. What do you mean?
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There is inner meaning there. That Fatima, when you make her
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happy, you make me happy, you make me happy, You make Allah
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happy. And the opposite is correct.
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You make her angry, you make me angry, you make Allah angry.
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Fatima is not known. So we have to search, we have to
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research, we have to to read more to understand.
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Fatima Tu Zahra alayhi Salaam, she is hurriya insea.
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She's an angelic woman. So for this reason Laila
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Tulkadri when you stay awake you do a bada.
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You want a lot to elevate your status.
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Also in order for you to be proper follower of Saida Zahara,
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you need to know how better so you need to stay awake.
28:23
Research more about Fatima tu Zahara Ali has set up and even
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not only that we remember that Fatima Tu Zahara in one
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narration she will be picking on the day of Kiyamaha.
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She has to take them to to Jannah.
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Laila Tulkader is here, he's saying OK, I'm here, I'm ready
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to pick you to go to to take you closer to Allah Subhanahu water
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Allah another similarity. So Fatima to Zahra.
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Yes, there is everything to do with the connection and the link
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between Laila Tulkader and Fatima to Zahra Alaihasala.
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I think as well, just to add as say, the father of Zahra Alai
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Salaam is a manifestation of divine decree and divine wisdom
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and she carries this as the living Quran.
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You know, they one of the questions they always point to
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us, they always ask us as Shia, they say, where are you albeit
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in the Quran, Baba, look, where is the Quran in the albeit
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that's your answer. And you know, one of the, the,
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the meaning of the, the, the name Fatima is to be cut off.
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What does that mean to be cut off, to be cut off from
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impurities interfere Burhan Mamel Barker Salaam Salaam Alaam
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says that Fatima Alayhi Salaam is called Fatima because the
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people have been severed from recognizing her reality.
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In the same way. Of course, recognizing the
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reality of Leila Lokador in itself is something that we
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can't just purely understand in one lecture or in one, you know,
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one night of reflection into double and reading the Y art,
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reciting on your Quran. It takes effort, it takes time,
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it takes sincerity for sure. And and our worship and our
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Ebada towards our last one to other that we may try and
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gradually grasp what is the reality, the hidden divine
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reality of this night in the same way we spend our whole life
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trying to learn about. So I think there's a lot of
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hidden meanings and we always try and we, this is the thing
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which you know, as as we've grown older, we recognize the
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Quran and the alibi, like you said, saying that is, is one in
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the same. They are the one in the same.
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The Quran is the alibiate and vice versa.
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And what is the point of us reading the, you know, the Holy
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Quran? It says that they read the Quran
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and get stuck in their throats. They don't understand.
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It doesn't enter their chest when they read the Holy Quran
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because they haven't recognized the application, the
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manifestation, the personification of the Holy
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Quran can be found in the ones who carry their, the goodness,
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the VAT of a last Pantala. And, and you know, the divinity
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of Allah's will and decree can be found through them, through
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their words and their actions on this earth.
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So there's a lot I think for us to, to, to take in.
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Yeah, just to to, to the discussion here, I was reading
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and I came across the following. Recognizing Fatima Ali Hassalam
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in her true status is akin to recognizing the reality of Layla
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Tulkad. It leads to divine closeness,
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CORB and understanding of God's decree.
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The hidden status of both reminds believers to seek divine
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wisdom beyond the apparent world.
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Just as Laila Tulkadir is the night of Divine Mercy, Fatima
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Alayhah Salaam is the mother of Mercy Uma Abiha.
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Her intercession is central in both Sunnis and Shia's
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traditions. Link between Laila Tulkader and
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Fatima Tuzar Ali has set up. Beautiful, beautiful.
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And you mentioned this word hidden from indeed.
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Well, I just remembered, you know, we her grave is hidden
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indeed, we can't find it. Or for example, we say very
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famously that secret that lies within her that we still don't
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know what it is. Right Indeed.
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So there's so much links like between when is later father,
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which night is it, where is her grave?
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What is the secret with Fashi? There's all links, all these,
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these are links and and let me take an opportunity here.
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Inshallah, there will be some youngsters who are listening,
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especially who are not Shias. I think we need to take an
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opportunity to tell them. You know, how much do you know
32:29
about Saida Zahara Ali Hassalam? How much have you come across
32:34
the traditions? All scholars will talk about
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Fatima to Zahara Ali Hassalam. It is only through the mother of
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Al Al Bait Alayhi Musalaam you can come across to know Lady
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Fatima Tu Zara. So this is an opportunity.
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When we talk about this closeness, there is an issue
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which you both of you mentioned. Unfortunately, outside there
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people recite the Holy Quran as wordings.
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We focus on Tajweed, Mahari, Akam and so on and so forth,
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which is important. But then we don't go deeper to
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understand the depth of the Holy Quran.
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So some people, even when we mentioned the connection between
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Fatima tu Zahara and Laila Tu Qatar, they see it as something,
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oh, where is Fatima is mentioned in the Holy Quran as you have
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mentioned. But if you look at, for example,
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Surah Al Imran, Surah Al Imran, yes Surah #3 aya 61 Ayatul
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Mubahallah where Allah Subhanahu Hotel clearly mentions when
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Rasulullah came out, he came out with Al Hassan Al Hussain Abna
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Amira woman in Ali Nafs. Fatima to Zahara was one lady
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who represented the whole of Nisa.
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You have Surah #4, Surah and Nisa and then you have 61 Fatima
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to Zara came with the Holy Prophet.
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And even those Christians when they saw these faces of Al Al
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Bait, they were like no, no, no, we can't do here.
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Mubahallah will be destroyed. So Fatima tu Zara, she is there
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in the Holy Quran. You look at Surah Dahar, the
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lady who was there to prepare the food and to give to Meskin
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and Yatim and Asira Fatima tu Zara.
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There's there's so many examples and how you said inna and zana,
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the inna being the we, the plural, what we say said before
34:44
the podcast, the, the, the, the, what Allah has given us, Allah
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is saying that it's such a grand thing that we as a plural, me
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and my Kingdom bring this to you know this point, Hayden Al
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Fisher, that specific point about 1000 months, obviously.
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And at that time, now we have million billion all these words
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in those times elf in the Arabic language is the greatest number.
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I wanted to ask the specific reasoning that allows us this
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term. Now obviously 1000 months in in
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arithmetic terms is is more than 83 years, which which tells us
35:20
that our last point I learned is infinite wisdom is telling us
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that your lifespan is not even worth or is worth as much, if
35:28
not more than the the benefit of later.
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But obviously at the same time it tells us that it's a
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metaphorical thing as well, perhaps greater than 1000
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months. What is kind of the the
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reasoning and the wisdom behind this?
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When I lost to Hana what Allah says Laila Tulkadir Hayron mean
35:48
Al Fisher is better than 1000 months here He wants us, as you
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said, clearly it's correct that look, look, look, look, you may
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live in this world maybe for eight years and then you become
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weak. You can't even understand many
36:05
things you your life will be difficult for many people, of
36:08
course, except for some focus on Laila Tulkader.
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Laila Tulkader higher on men. Al Fisher.
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If you understand the status of Laila Tulkader, the
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manifestations of Allah which are there, they bar Akat, which
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are there, the blessings and the importance of this night, you
36:28
should prepare yourself for it. Because if Allah will grant it
36:33
for you, He has granted you higher mean alfishah.
36:38
And as you say clearly in Arabic language, simple.
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For example, someone says well forgive me please, I have done
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wrong to you. You say Alf Mara.
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Yeah, Alf Mara 1000 times, meaning many times.
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And you use the word alpha. And again and again.
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Allah wanted to draw their attention.
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Remember this night, if I can say something, I say Alf Shar.
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But there's no comparison with any other night than this night,
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like this night. So be there for it now.
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You know from that narration by Russell Allah Muhammad
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sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He says a last final at Allah
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has favoured Friday of all days, the month of Ramadan of all
37:26
months and Leila Takadar out of. All night.
37:30
So it shows the the importance and the emphasis on Leila
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Takadar and Sheikh. I want to ask something about
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Leila Takadar, You know, so we know, for example, what we
37:39
understand from the verses, that a last panel at Allah, He also
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descends the angels during the night of Qatar.
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Yes, we know at the time of Rasulallah they came to Prophet
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Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
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Where do the angels go now? They come every Ramadan or they
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come down every later. Who are they going to?
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This is very important. So here before we answer the
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question, we need to remember one thing.
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The Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, when he was
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there alive with the Muslims, they used to owner Delilah
38:17
Tulkader with Ibadah and everything he was there.
38:20
Tanasalu Malaika angels used to come to him.
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But as Imam Sadiq Alayhi Salaam says, who is Imam Sadiq?
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Imam Sadiq is the son of Imam al Baker.
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Imam al Baker is the son of Imam Ali IB al Hussain Sajad Zainul
38:39
Abidin, Imam Sajad son of Imam Hussain.
38:43
Imam Hussain and Imam Hassan are the grandsons of the Holy
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Prophet. When Imam Sadiq says something,
38:49
it it means that it came from the treasure of Alul Beit
38:53
Alayhi, Musam Rasulullah. The Golden Chain.
38:55
Bila Shak, he says if an ayah was revealed to a group of
39:01
people, specifically to them, and then that group of people
39:05
die, the ayah also will be dead. If ayah is specifically for
39:14
them, we say no, this is for them only.
39:16
There's no lesson we can learn, nothing to do with us.
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The eye would be dead when Allah subhanahu what Alice is in it
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was not only to Rasulullah and then another thing which is very
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important. As you said, the Arabic language
39:40
is very important. It's not Phil Almadi Tanazalo
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means continuously they descend. It's not they descended.
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No, no, no, they are descending. These angels, Phil a little
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qader. So the question now is where do
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they go? So we say they exactly the way
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Rasulullah was the messenger of Allah.
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He was Hatamul Ambia Iwal Mursalin.
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Angels came to him after him. The angels descend to the Aima
40:15
Hua, the vice after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sallallahu
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Alaihi. In our time, we believe Imam of
40:27
our time, Sahi Bulasi Razamani Muhammad al Mahdi al Sharif, he
40:32
is the one. The angels descend to him.
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So what do they do? Tanazalul, Malaika, tua roho
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fiha, Angels. Tanazalu.
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Meaning they come down and they go up.
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Yeah. So there's a traffic of angels.
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Feel a little cutter. They take from us our dua, our
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sins, we asking Allah for mafira.
40:55
They bring to us masi and rahma, but they show whatever we are
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doing and whatever the decree of Allah Subhanahu attallah to the
41:05
Imam of our time. And that's why we have
41:10
narrations which says if it were not for dua of Imam Mahdi
41:14
Sahibul Asri was Zaman, we would be perished.
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He prays for us. Sometimes things are happening
41:21
and we don't know what saved us, what came and what changed.
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Of course it's dua, but it is the dua of Imam.
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Sahibullahsir was the man, I feel.
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Like this sort of proves Imama Yeah, for many ways.
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That's the sort of that and there's there's so many things
41:38
because like you said, it demonstrates that there is that
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the earth dunya has not been abandoned by the last.
41:44
Son, there's. The divine dialogue, divine
41:46
communication with the angels coming down Malak to World War.
41:49
And of course, there's a hadith from Ansali Khalid Salaam where
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he says that led to Qadar was not if led to Qadar was only
41:55
during the Prophet's time, then that Quran would be obsolete
41:58
today, which proves that there's a continuity.
42:01
There's there's a longevity to the Holy Quran and also the
42:04
barakah of the reader of the Holy Quran, the one who the
42:06
Quran has been revealed for. And two, being us in today's day
42:10
and age, I wanted to ask about that malaik to world Rojo and
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specifically World Rojo. Is that demonstrating something
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different, the spirit? Or is that maybe Angel Jebrael?
42:21
Or maybe something else perhaps? Yeah, Alama Toba Tobi in his
42:24
Tasirul Maizan and other scholars, of course they have
42:27
mentioned the following opinion. Which is the correct opinion
42:32
according to them. Allah says Tanazalul Malaika
42:35
were Roh. So the Angels and the Roh, they
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descend. The Angels, all of them.
42:42
Waru, who is this rule? Opinion #1 Some say it is the
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Angels and Jibrail, Malaika and Ruhi.
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I mean Jibrail. Oh, Jibril, yeah.
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Another opinion says no, Tanazalul, Malaika, Tuaru, all
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the Angels, including Jibrail in one group.
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Waru, another Angel who has been given the highest status, they
43:07
come down. So on this kind of understanding
43:12
we say that the the descendants or the descending of the angels
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and the rule gives special attention to us that Allah
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Subhana Hotel doesn't mention only to Nazalul Malaika.
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No, this is a special night. I want to give favors to anyone
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who is awake to to ask Allah Subhana what all not only the
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angels you have had, but also there is a rule another Angel
43:38
who are coming to take your dua to him.
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Allah Subhana, what Allah? Is the correct translation
43:44
spirit when we say how is it? Have I misunderstood?
43:48
Spirit no, no, no. Spirit yes, In Arabic language
43:51
spirit is a row. For example in the Holy Quran
43:56
they ask you about spirit. Holy row home in Amri Rabbi say
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row, the spirit which gives you life is one of my faculties.
44:05
However, here in this a row is a special Angel who is known as a
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row. Beautiful now beautiful also.
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I want to ask something as well. We know, for example, Qatar, the
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word Qatar, it can be translated, I think in English
44:20
and loses its meaning sometimes. We say it means destiny, decree,
44:25
power and and I think it's all relatable, digestible for us to
44:29
understand. But technically it means
44:33
something's going to be written for us.
44:35
Allah. Allah is going to write what
44:38
happens between now and next, later, Qatar and Sha Allah.
44:42
But how do we understand understand this?
44:45
Because for example, we say a lost panel, what Allah has given
44:48
us free will and he's going to write our will for us.
44:52
So how do we understand this is do our actions affect what
44:56
happens between this later gather and inshallah next later
44:59
gather? Have I understood this correctly
45:01
or? In other words, are we, are we,
45:07
are we forced to do whatever we do because we.
45:10
Say, for example, if it's the night of destiny and Allah is
45:13
going to write our destiny for the upcoming year.
45:16
Yeah, correct. So is there a way where we can
45:18
change that destiny? Is it down to us?
45:20
Yes, yes, yes, very important question.
45:23
Allah Subhana Huatala in Laila tilcader he, he makes the decree
45:29
of whatever will happen from this year to another year, from
45:32
Laila tulcader to another Laila tulcader next year.
45:36
So in in a simple understanding, he decides how many people will
45:42
continue to live, how many will die, What will be your
45:46
provision? For example, are you going to be
45:49
the rich of the richest, insha'allah, or are you going to
45:52
be the poor poor, the poorest of the poor?
45:55
Are you? Whatever happened?
45:57
Trials, tribulation, everything is written.
46:00
Everything is written in Leila Telkader now.
46:04
This is decree Allah has decreed.
46:08
In other words, Allah knows what will happen from this this Layla
46:12
Tulkadri until next year. Now two things, two things
46:16
happen here. Number one, can we change that
46:20
decree and destination if we can call it or not?
46:24
Yes, the answer we can. What changes the decree?
46:31
There are many duas. For example, one dua says la
46:35
rudol caba. Oh la rudol caba la dua, nothing
46:41
will change the decree except dua.
46:44
So when you ask Allah Subhana, what Allah sincerely, let for
46:47
example, Allah decided this particular individual is going
46:51
to be in trouble and then he decides, no, let me ask Allah
46:56
sincerely ask for forgiveness and mafira.
46:59
Allah will change the decrees, the decree and this the measure.
47:04
What the way they call it. The second one, if you are in
47:09
the narration of the Holy Prophet, if you want Allah to
47:13
prolong your life, make sure you do suela to Rahim.
47:17
Yeah, visit your Keith, Keith and kins visit your relatives,
47:22
your brothers, your sisters, your aunties, your uncles, your
47:24
grannies. Visit them any any penny you use
47:28
it or pence, it will come back to you and your life will be
47:32
prolonged. So what happened is the the the
47:36
plan of a last Subhanahu hotel is not for him.
47:39
It is for us to know. And also for the angels.
47:43
In one narration it says sometimes angels look at Laohlma
47:47
4th, Laohlma 4th, the tablet and they see this guy was supposed
47:53
to die, What happened? What happened?
47:58
His name has disappeared so exactly So what happened then?
48:06
Allah Subhana what Allah informs them or he did X&Y and Zed I
48:12
prolonged his life. I'm sure you have seen these
48:15
clips where, for example, someone was walking and all of a
48:18
sudden the car came, he was going to be hit, but just
48:23
fraction he's saved. And I think there's this Nasheed
48:29
which says Halinda Kasir Ron Bainako Bain Allah is there?
48:33
Yeah. Is there any seal between you
48:35
and Allah? How was how were you saved?
48:39
Accident happened, everyone died.
48:41
Use you are saved so sometimes sadaka to Siri.
48:45
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, they say charity
48:48
abolishes. Calamities.
48:50
So to answer your question, yes, there are things which change
48:53
because of things which we do. And for the youngsters, it is
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very important to be closer to your mom.
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Yeah. When you make your mom happy
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Mom, please help do do her for me.
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Kiss their hands. Kiss.
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Kiss forehead, kiss even their feet.
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Hug them. You know their hearts are soft.
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They ask for dua. It changes the destination.
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They say the prey of the mother is one of the.
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Greatest. And we shouldn't forget the
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fathers, of course, I know. So fathers may say what's wrong
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with you guys? No, the fathers as well.
49:27
You know, we're blessed. I don't think there's any.
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Maybe I'm wrong, but other episodes where we've had both a
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father and a son, but we've had obviously Shakyu Band, We're
49:38
lucky the father and the son completed completed the set.
49:43
You know, on this point of Bada and Qatar and Qamar and all of
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these things, of course, there's a hadith from Salah Saddam who
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says the one who prays on Nelson Qatar will have his destiny
49:52
changed. And then we see different eyes
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in Qatar, for example, Sutarat Allah.
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Allah says Allah erases and confirms what he wills and with
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him is the mother of the book. Of course, another.
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This is I39 chapter 13. Sorry.
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Yeah, I 39 chapter 13. And then there's one more
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specifically sort of Eunice, another example of this, the
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people of Eunice Ali Islam would decreed for punishment, but due
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to their repentance, Allah changed their faith.
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I think an important thing for us and as you mentioned, I think
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for youth sometimes, you know, we're tired.
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You know, I had this discussion with a friend of mine a couple
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of days ago. One thing beautiful I love about
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slightly off topic Maghrib time this year is that you know,
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after Maghrib, no pun intended, but after Maghrib we can have
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nice baraza. We say like in our community,
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like nice, chill, you know? No.
50:47
No, no, no gossip, no gossip like we have.
50:52
What's the? Word, you know, I think Iraq is,
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they call it gada. Gada, But you know, there's
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what's nice is we have our F bar and then we meet later in the
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night and we have discussion. And one thing one of my friends
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said to me, he said, you know, in COVID years, the years of
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COVID when we had to do our mile at home, he said it was nice
51:14
because I realized that, yes, we love doing Jamaat.
51:18
You know, we pray and we do all of these things.
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He goes, but by doing it at home, I don't come home after
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mosque, you know, all the hassle of going out, you're finding
51:25
parking and you're getting ready.
51:26
You put your contact lenses in, you come home, you're tired and
51:29
he goes, I'm tired. I don't want to do more Amal
51:31
until Fajr, for example. But one thing about lay little
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other is I can push myself as much as I can.
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And I think for me, one thing I've learned in the less on a
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personal level last couple of years is never, ever, ever give
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up. Basically when you are so tired
51:46
you want to go to sleep, you know it's 2:00 AM, you've got
51:48
work the next day, 3:00 AM. Just think maybe 5 minutes more.
51:53
Maybe these 5 minutes will mean more to a last point to other
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than the last 3-4 hours I've done out of.
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Mind. Because that small push, the
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extra effort that we do, Allah knows what will benefit it will
52:05
bring for us, what calamities it will avert or what Baraka it
52:08
will bring in the coming year. I think this is something which
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you will never know the answers to.
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But we see in the Hadith of the Azerbaijan Salaam that the
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evidence is there. So it's it's a beautiful thing.
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The question I had long winded prelong, but specifically in
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terms of bada and whatnot, are there examples of when we look
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at this verse and we look at this is a last one to Allah
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saying to us that this, the performance of the minin on
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Leila Telkadr is the defining factor of what comes or is one
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of the defining factors And is there anything which we can do?
52:40
Let's say for example, someone does not take the the night
52:43
seriously. Yes, how can we change our
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decree or the decree Allah has for us in the coming year if we
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don't take this night? Series, Thank you very much.
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This this question is very important.
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I I think #1 is to answer the question directly.
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There are other things, there are other places, there are
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other times, not only Laila Tulkader.
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If we take the opportunity of those times, places Allah
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Subhanahu Wattala may change our decrease and measure.
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For example, someone who goes for Hajj on the day of Arafah,
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he does do out there. Allah Subhanahu Wattala will
53:20
give him whatever he wants to give him.
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He may change the decree and also to go to the holy places,
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Masdidu Rasul Medina to Rasulullah Salallahu alaihi
53:33
Salaam for us. Of course we know Markad of Aima
53:37
alaihi Musalam. Wherever you whenever you go
53:39
there, you ask Allah Subhana what Allah he may change Layla
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till Juma. Layla till Juma is a special
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night. But all of these, if you put
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them together, Laila Tulkader comes fast and Allah Subhanahu,
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what Allah Allah, in the other words, he says that you know,
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out of mercy, I want to give you more.
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It's just for you to come to me. Just beseech me and I will give
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you. Ask me and I will give you.
54:08
But regarding the bada, for those who don't know, bada is
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something which Allah knows. Angels may not know, humans may
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not know. He decides that this is what I
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will do to my servants, and the angels don't know.
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Contingent world. Contingent world, but in a
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negative understanding and unfortunately there are some
54:34
people outside there they, they think that we believe in bada
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that Allah didn't know. Now he knows we are not talking
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about negative whatever they think for us Bada is Allah
54:48
Subhanahu what Allah out of his knowledge, he knows whatever
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will, will or would happen. He, he has his plan until Yomal
54:58
Kiyama. So he knows that this particular
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individual, he, he is an evil person.
55:04
But I know after some experiences he will change, he
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will become a better person. That is the bada angels may not
55:11
know so bada of Allah Subhanahu Atallah also it it.
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It may mean here that. This is always mercy.
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Out of mercy? Yes, exactly.
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So the verse you have quoted from Surah Rad yam holla ho ma
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yasha who are youth meet. Why in the ho humul kitab?
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So umul kitab is the knowledge of everything.
55:34
That tablet of deleting for example mistakes of someone and
55:41
affirming something else is only with Allah subhanahu wata al.
55:45
So it's like angels, sometimes they come and say this guy was
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evil. We know he was going to
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Jahannam. What made him to be taken to
55:56
Jannah? It is bada of Allah.
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Allah knows but they don't know. And you mentioned something
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which is very important for people to to pay attention.
56:05
Story of people of Eunus. Eunus saw them as bad people.
56:12
He called them and called them, invited them.
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They didn't listen. Eventually he asked Allah, Allah
56:18
destroy them and he saw all the signs are coming for the his own
56:23
people to be destroyed. That's why he ran away from
56:25
them. But Bada happened, they changed,
56:29
they started crying, beseeching Allah doing is still far.
56:33
Yeah, Allah forgive us, we have made Yunus angry and so on and
56:37
so forth. Instead of them being punished
56:39
by Allah Subhanahu what Allah? Yunus was swallowed by the well.
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Follower. Subhanak ini subhanaka ini
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first, so this is another. If we ask it sincerely for
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forgiveness, Allah may change our destinations so.
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Beautiful. Very, very beautiful, you know.
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I love this. I love.
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This it's made me understand that Subhanallah is like Allah's
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knowledge is absolute but our actions matter right?
57:16
So it goes hand in hand. And Sheikh if I can just add a
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further question to this subject while we're on it is how do we
57:25
understand Allah's will even though we're trying or praying
57:29
for something? Is it just trusting Allah fully?
57:33
Is that the way to go? And for example, let's say we
57:35
want our lives to change. We say, you know, little cutter
57:38
is here. We can pray for better health.
57:40
We can pray for better wealth. We can pray maybe for better
57:43
matter of and everything, but we don't see it happening in our
57:45
lives within our next letter cutter, for example, do we give
57:49
up and say, oh, what's going on? You know, I tried my best, but
57:52
Allah hasn't like really changed my decree.
57:56
Is it all about trusting a lot ultimately at the end of the
57:59
day, because he may know something we don't know.
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Yeah. It's very important.
58:03
We should in #1 lose hope. Yeah.
58:05
And #2 we should continue asking and asking and asking, you know,
58:10
when you go to someone's house. Yeah, I remember the times when
58:13
we didn't have these doorbell or ring Ringo.
58:18
Even now. Ringo.
58:20
Ringo's the parking. No ring ring.
58:22
Ring, Ring. Ring.
58:24
Ring. Ring.
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Sorry. Ring.
58:25
Yeah, on your mobile phone, even you can see.
58:28
So we used to knock at the door. You knock how many times you
58:31
used to knock just one time? No, no, many times.
58:34
And sometimes you bang the door in order for people to open with
58:38
the last subhanahu watala, we need to ask him again and again,
58:41
because he says, Odoroni, ask me and I will give you.
58:48
I answer the supplication of the suppliant when he supplicates to
58:58
me. So we need to supplicate and do
59:00
a lot of However, Allah, as you say, out of His knowledge and
59:06
mercy, sometimes He doesn't give us what we want because we, as
59:13
per the Holy Quran, our nature, holy cull insanum in agile we
59:19
are created in haste. I want it and I want it now.
59:24
We feel like it doesn't go like that.
59:26
Sometimes I will give it, but I know when is better for you.
59:31
The suitable time comes. I'll give it to you.
59:33
So imagine. Yeah, Yeah.
59:35
You are Mashallah, young, young fathers.
59:38
Yeah. Correct.
59:39
Yes, if you wanted whenever you didn't have your your son or
59:43
daughter and you said yeah, Allah bestow upon us a child and
59:46
he gives you twins. Blessing, of course.
59:54
Then you say Allah, I wanted one, why are you giving me two?
59:57
So Allah out of his mercy He knows.
1:00:00
When can he give you and how can he give you and how?
1:00:04
Of course. So this is important for us when
1:00:07
we don't get it next year or between now and next year, we
1:00:11
shouldn't lose hope, we say and allow, allow alum, he knows
1:00:17
better than me, but I should continue to do dua.
1:00:21
Another thing which is very important, there's a cause,
1:00:24
causality, the law of causality. Even though we do do a but we
1:00:29
have to to do our actions as you say, we need to make our acts in
1:00:33
order. Yeah, I shouldn't just sit down
1:00:36
and say, yeah, Allah, I ask you, Yeah, Allah, give me wife, give
1:00:39
me husband. And then we don't do such.
1:00:42
Yeah, make me to be Alim and I don't go to college.
1:00:46
Yeah, Allah, I want some money and I don't go to work.
1:00:50
It doesn't work like that. I have to do my my part and that
1:00:54
is actions and then Allah subhanahu what Allah will bless
1:00:57
that. There is a saying in Arabic
1:00:58
which says Minkal haraka wamin allahil baraka, Minkal haraka
1:01:06
from you actions mean Allahil baraka Allah will bless your
1:01:10
actions. Yeah, Baraka, it's.
1:01:13
Like saying like if, if, if you want, for example, wealth, you
1:01:15
know, people focus on wealth and risk and financial wealth.
1:01:19
God will bless you if you go work for it, right?
1:01:21
If you want the body care, you know, get on your feet and get
1:01:24
your hands dirty as they say. Just something.
1:01:26
If I can ask you, you know, just speaking on this thing.
1:01:28
We pray for something and maybe Allah knows best.
1:01:31
I know I know someone who's who doesn't live in the Uka good
1:01:35
friend of mine, he'll handle has good wealth.
1:01:40
You know, he's been dressed by a loss of handler for many, many
1:01:43
years, many businesses and things like this, but he never
1:01:46
found a true connection, a true bond, the relationship with the
1:01:50
loss upon and he realized every time he prays for something,
1:01:54
Allah gives it to him, right? He's been blessing him with all
1:01:57
of this. And then he he told the loss
1:01:59
upon. You know what I feel like this.
1:02:01
The money has distracted me from you.
1:02:04
If this is what's, you know, put in a barrier between me and you,
1:02:07
take away my money. This.
1:02:10
Business is all collapsed, but he is richer without law.
1:02:14
I think he's happy the way it is.
1:02:16
And that was a lesson to me, by the way.
1:02:18
Like sometimes we're praying for something beautiful gives it to
1:02:21
you, but now you want Martha with God.
1:02:24
This is the test. That's the sacrifice.
1:02:26
Yeah, because. You're saying, you know, to say
1:02:29
that something you can touch, see, feel, just cut that off to
1:02:34
sever that sacrifice, that and and you're making that cosmic
1:02:37
trade with our last Mantala and saying I will trade this wealth
1:02:40
for the wealth of the hereafter. That is something which takes
1:02:42
courage and Iman and yakin, and that's something we pray for.
1:02:46
However, however yeah you remember ayah which we we when
1:02:51
we pray we make it as connote rabana artina fidunia hassana.
1:02:57
So we need to hassanat or two Hassan attain Hassan of this
1:03:02
world and Hassan of Ahera. Hassana means good of this life,
1:03:05
the cop real world which we are living in and hassana in Akira.
1:03:10
If Allah can give you wealth as well as marifa, then that should
1:03:14
be the way to go forward. So he has enough now.
1:03:18
He says. Allah has given me enough to
1:03:20
live. Al Hamdulillah.
1:03:22
He's content he had. Excess Marshall.
1:03:24
And that, you know, lost him in the stone.
1:03:25
Yeah, and another thing is important for for for him and
1:03:28
for all of us to remember la in shakur tum la azida nakul.
1:03:33
If you thank me, I will give you more.
1:03:35
Now, Shekhar, obviously we're coming towards the end of the
1:03:38
discussion, Salaam matla elfaj. Now one or two questions I have
1:03:44
specifically on this last verse. Now one in terms of the Salaam,
1:03:50
the Salaam which Allah is giving in this verse, from my
1:03:53
understanding and just some reflections I've written down,
1:03:57
it's like a peace or a tranquility like no others
1:04:00
divine. The doors of mercy are open, the
1:04:03
doors of divinity are open. The absence of share Barnes
1:04:06
influence isn't there. So it allows our hearts to
1:04:08
obtain kind of inner peace as well.
1:04:11
But how do we obtain and attain the Salaam in practical life?
1:04:16
Obviously we see in sort of so #17 at last point that says in
1:04:20
chapter #17 verse #82 the Quran is healing and mercy, Shafa or
1:04:27
rahma for example. So that shafa and rahma.
1:04:31
Is that what we look for as Salaam?
1:04:34
What is the Salaam Allah is giving us?
1:04:35
Is it peace in a dunya we sense free from conflict and
1:04:39
aggression? Or what is that Salaam
1:04:41
specifically? There's something here which has
1:04:44
been written that the peace of Layla Tulkader is not just an
1:04:49
absence of conflict, but a manifestation of divine
1:04:54
tranquility. This peace descends from Allah
1:04:59
along with the angels and the roar.
1:05:02
The angels descend, carrying divine decrees, blessings and
1:05:05
mercy, bringing serenity to the hearts of believers.
1:05:11
The night is a time when the soul finds inner peace as divine
1:05:16
light overwhelms wallet distractions.
1:05:20
Beautiful. Now when we look at this also we
1:05:23
find that in the Holy Quran, Allah subhanahu, what Allah says
1:05:26
clearly, Allah be vicarilla. Indeed in the remembrance of
1:05:33
Allah, new hearts find press a Surah rad Surah 13 I 28 So Leila
1:05:38
tukader is a night of divine remembrance.
1:05:42
Night of Vicar, we are those who are sincere, sick, Allah
1:05:46
experienced deep tranquility and peace.
1:05:50
This reflects a higher spiritual reality.
1:05:54
So the closer one gets to Allah, the more they experience enough
1:05:58
peace. This peace is not dependent on
1:06:02
on external events. It is a state of the soul.
1:06:07
It is a gift given to those who truly submit to Allah's decree.
1:06:13
The night itself is peace, but whatever is there, so the peace
1:06:17
continue and it is here as as you have said, it's not just
1:06:22
absence of war and so on and so forth.
1:06:25
The peace, yes, there is peace which we pray to Allah
1:06:29
Subhanawatallah and those who are in trouble lands, may Allah
1:06:32
Subhanawatallah bring peace to them through Laila Tulkader.
1:06:37
But at the same time, it is that inner peace.
1:06:40
You know, the biggest issue one may may find is when you have
1:06:44
everything but you don't have peace, especially the inner
1:06:47
peace, the tranquility. Sukoon.
1:06:49
Sukoon ascent and this is what we find it in Laila Tulkad.
1:06:54
So Allah is Salaam, you know the names of Allah Subhanahu hotel
1:06:59
as Salaam al Mukhmin al Muhammad and so on and so forth.
1:07:02
He is the source of peace. Laila Tulkader is Lila of peace.
1:07:06
Where we go back to Allah Subhana.
1:07:08
What Allah to say? Yeah, Allah, so long as you say
1:07:11
Salaam on here hat Amatullah alfaj, there is no here your
1:07:15
punishment, your Lana or whatever to your servants.
1:07:18
We ask Allah Subhanahu what Allah to give us peace because
1:07:22
this inner peace is what we need to have until and.
1:07:29
The ultimate peace, you know the.
1:07:33
If I. Just remembered some verses.
1:07:40
But you know, he says, peace be. Upon me today.
1:07:46
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That piece is very important.
1:07:49
And it's important as you said, if, if we end up not connecting
1:07:54
the Holy Quran with Al Bait Alayhi Musalam, then that
1:07:58
understanding will be dry. The understanding will be a dry
1:08:01
one. Imam Alayhi Salaam, when he will
1:08:04
reappear, the Holy Prophet says clearly, Liam al Aruba Kiston
1:08:08
Wadilan Baadamam, only Abdul Manjora, even though there is a
1:08:13
peace in the world, in many parts of the world, but there
1:08:16
will be a lot of injustice and corruption.
1:08:19
And in Layla Tulkadir, when we find the peace, we we look for
1:08:23
peace. We need to connect it with Imam
1:08:25
of our time, Alayhi Sarah. One thing I've realized in in
1:08:29
today's episode is that just some reflection, it brings so
1:08:35
much clarity and so much, I think, benefit to all of us.
1:08:39
And Al Hamdallah, we've done one hour of reflection today.
1:08:42
Shala, we pray it's worth 70 years.
1:08:43
An hour of reflection is equal to 70 years.
1:08:48
One last thing I wanted to mention from actually the wasat
1:08:50
is a kind of correspondence between Kalimallah Nabi Musa Ali
1:08:57
Salaam and Allah. It says Rasulullah Muhammad
1:09:01
sallallahu Salaam narrates this tradition where he says Musa
1:09:04
Alai Salaam said my Lord I desire your proximity.
1:09:08
Our last month Allah replied my proximity is there for the one
1:09:11
who stays awake. He said my Lord, I desire your
1:09:14
mercy. Allah said my mercy is for the
1:09:17
one who has mercy on the poor during later kadar, he said, my
1:09:21
Lord, I desire a safe passage on Al Surat, the bridge.
1:09:25
He said that is for the one who gives charity on later kadar, he
1:09:28
said, my Lord, I desire the trees and the fruits of
1:09:31
paradise. He said that is for the one who
1:09:33
glorifies me on the little kadar.
1:09:35
He said, my Lord, I desire salvation from here, from the
1:09:38
Hellfire. He said that is for the one who
1:09:40
seeks forgiveness on the little Kadar and finally he said, my
1:09:43
Lord, I desire your pleasure and he said my pleasure is for the
1:09:47
one who recites 2 units of prayer on.
1:09:51
I think that's just a nice beautiful summary on that what
1:09:55
we can do and shut Allah to discuss a nice.
1:09:59
If I can add one thing which is very important sometimes,
1:10:01
especially because you are you are you are Mashallah engaging
1:10:05
the youth. Sometimes there's this question,
1:10:08
especially from the sisters, if they're for example, in their
1:10:12
cycles, you're talking about Salah, they can't pray.
1:10:16
What else can they do? There's a lot to be done just
1:10:19
sitting on the masala. If you can manage with you, I
1:10:23
will do. And doing is still far.
1:10:25
Doing tauba. You're asking Allah for
1:10:28
forgiveness, mentioning the Allah's name Vikrullah.
1:10:32
You don't risk read Quran because you can't at that time
1:10:35
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1:10:39
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1:10:43
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Thank you to you too. We pray Inshallah to Alas
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Montala that you have a blessed and the spiritual end to the
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holy month in Charlotte for the last month, Allah to Grani
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mortal Fiat for the remaining part of the month, and Inshallah
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for many years to come as a community can continue to
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benefit you and Inshallah we can continue and pray to serve the
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Imam together. I want Allah for thank you so.
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Much one sisters, we will see you next week or Salaam alaikum,
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but I'm not Allah here about that.