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Salam alaikum warahmatullahi wa laqad
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hamdulillahi rabbil alameen wa sallahu
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wa salam wa ala sayyidil anbiya evil
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Marcell him whether only he was happy he
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what - tender bassoon neti he la ami
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deem Allahu Alem in whom women and
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latina amanu aminu slowly had whatever
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so will happy whatever sober I mean
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you're a barrel I mean I'm a bad for the
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billahi min ash-shaytaan-i'r rajeem well
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illa hokum illa huwa had ilaha illa huwa
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Rahman al Rahim or Bashar Assad recently
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Emery worked at a mill asani after Holly
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allahumma thabbitna and del Monte villa
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ilaha illaallah I mean you're a banana
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mean chala today I'll complete the brief
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comments I wanted to make with you about
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bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim the first
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evening that I spoke with you I talked
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to you a little bit about the phrase
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bismillah but I did not share anything
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from my as a reminder for myself and for
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any of you of the additional words in
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the phrase
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al Rahman al Rahim and in order to help
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you understand them I want you to first
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acknowledge or appreciate something
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about the difficulty of translating the
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names of Allah because as many of you
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might know the common English
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translation says in the name of Allah
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the most beneficent the most merciful
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or the most merciful the most kind and
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those kinds of translations first of all
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the problem with them is when we say the
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word beneficent I think pretty much here
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everyone is sitting listening to me
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understands the English language when do
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you use the word beneficent in your
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everyday language you don't I mean I
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don't think you've ever met somebody and
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say hey bro you're so beneficent you
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don't you don't do that
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so we translate Quran with words that we
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don't use and that becomes the entire
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purpose of translation is that the the
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word of Allah becomes easier for us to
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relate to easier for us to understand so
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if we translate the word of Allah in
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English then the English we use has to
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be one that we actually can relate to we
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can connect with it but when we use
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words like beneficent then it you can't
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connect with that the other problem is
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when you say the most merciful and the
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most kind and they sound like the same
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thing
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there are two different names of Allah
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Rahman and Rahim they're definitely
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different the Arabic principle is veg
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tomorrow at Africa when two names or two
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things are mentioned together that means
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they cannot mean the same thing they
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have to mean two different things so
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there's a difference between a rahman
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and rahim and that has to be made clear
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to anyone who says it well as you are
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saying bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim you
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and I have to be aware of what is the
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difference between al rahman and rahim
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and how does each of them benefit me and
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why is that in the bismillah anyway why
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not just say bismillah why even the
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addition of a Rahman al Rahim so let's
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start from an easy place the first thing
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I want to share with you is both of
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these words al Rahman and Rahim have
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something in common
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yes they are different but they have
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something in common and what they have
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in common they come from the same origin
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Rama al Rahman has to do with Rama and
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all Rahim also has to do with now what
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is rukmi typically they translate Rama
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as mercy I personally Allah who are them
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have a problem with that translation and
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the reason I don't like that translation
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is because in the English language
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when you say mercy that actually means
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you were spared for example the king
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showed him mercy and forgave him meaning
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he was about to punish him but he was
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merciful instead or you were merciful to
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that animal meaning that animal was
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suffering and you took care of it or you
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know in the house a lot of hospitals in
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the world they called a mercy hospital
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right the idea that somebody is
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suffering and you're getting rid of
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their suffering or alleviating their
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suffering and that's an act of what
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mercy but in the Arabic language and by
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the way mercy is even if you if you
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didn't do your homework in school or you
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fail the exam and your teachers about to
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write a big giant F on your paper and
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you say mercy mercy
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meaning you're asking to be spared don't
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punish me that's mercy but in the Arabic
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language the word Rama has nothing to do
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with being spared actually Rama has to
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do with the word Rajam which means the
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belly of a mother the womb of a mother
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when a woman is pregnant then she is
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called you know you know mohammed el
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maraa meaning the woman has a child
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in her belly allah azza wajal in a
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hadith Qudsi describes talking to the
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womb of the mother and he says stuck
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took abuse me
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I named you I drew I drew your name from
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my name Allah says about himself on
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Allah an honest man I am Allah I am a
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rough man and then he talks to the womb
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of the mother and says I gave you the
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name from my name meaning ar-rahman gave
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the name a roham to the womb of the
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mother that's important because if we're
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going to understand the names ar-rahman
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ar-rahim we have to understand the womb
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of the mother if we are to get any idea
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what these names mean for us so let's
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think about that together a child you
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know every other relationship human
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beings have with other human beings is a
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two-way relationship people say to each
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other I love you no matter what but it's
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not no matter what is it if you insult
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me all the time if you make fun of me
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all the time if you're angry with me all
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the time if you push me away all the
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time if you spit at me if you hurt me if
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you lie to me if you do these things
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then what happens to that love starts
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going away I thought you said no matter
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what I could do whatever I want no love
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is something that has to be nourished
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and taken care of it's not unconditional
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there's no such thing as unconditional
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love in most relationships you have love
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is grown when love is shown you receive
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it and then it grows and you don't
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receive it it starts Wittering away you
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see but there's one relationship human
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beings have this very strange this thing
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is growing inside a mother and as it
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grows it's causing the mother more and
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more pain and she eats food and he's
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taking all the food and he's sleeping
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but she's awake in pain and as he grows
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more he causes her more pain backing
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stomachache throwing up she can't taste
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food anymore constantly and this mother
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as the child grows all older you know
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the love she has for this child she
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doesn't say man you made me throw up
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like 16 times I hate you no no she's
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just
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baby so how the lightest baby he's given
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me a hard time but she still loves this
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baby she'll walk carefully when she's in
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the kitchen - not to touch the corner of
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a table because she wants to protect the
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baby does the baby even know that the
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mother is protecting her know the baby
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hears no idea the baby's living without
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paying rent without paying for the food
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that it's getting free clean up service
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everything's taken care of all the
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problems are being carried by who
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the mother and the recipient of that
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love and that care the baby inside has
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no idea he has no idea for that child
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their entire universe is just that belly
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before there for them the sky and the
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earth and there's no sky on earth this
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their sky and earth is just the belly of
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this mother their entire existence is
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being covered wrapped and outside of
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that is a mother who only loves this
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child and you think of it this way if
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somebody cut you if somebody made you
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bleed would you say who do you believe
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it is you doesn't make any sense but
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this mother gives birth to a child and
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almost dies bleeding she experiences the
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kind of pain we can't even imagine her
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body tears open to give birth to this
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child and she almost dies in
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excruciating pains of hours and hours
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and hours all caused by this child and
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at the end of all of that
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what's the revenge she takes you cut me
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you made me bleed I'll show you she
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immediately starts feeding the child
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doesn't she and as soon as she starts
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feeding the child for a lot of women
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when they feed the child for the first
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time it causes them even more pain
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actually causes them even more pain so
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Allah says what an Iowa he says weakness
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on top of weakness gohan out of
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difficulty and pain that she experiences
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she give keeps giving to the child keeps
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giving to the child Allah wanted to show
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us something about the way he loves us
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by choosing the names of rahman and
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rahim allah gives and he gives and he
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gives and he gives every second he gives
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he cares he loves he protects like a
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mother cares and protects you have no
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idea how much more allah does so
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and you guess who has no idea we have no
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idea and when we say what is alive ever
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done for me
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where was a lot when I needed him how
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come I'm a DA he didn't even answer my
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dog and yet you are enveloped covered
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inside the wrath of Allah
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it's not just mercy you understand a
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mother's not merciful to her baby
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a mother loves and cares and protects
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her baby
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so the word of Rahman and Rahim have to
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do with Allah's love and his care and
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his protection while we have no idea how
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incredibly powerful that love and that
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care and that protection is you
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understand that's the first thing we
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have to know about the words al Rahman
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and over him now the second thing the
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second thing is equally important is to
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help you understand the difference
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between ar-rahman and ar-rahim
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I'll tell you three things about a rough
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man three qualities of the word I won't
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go technical with you that it's a little
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mobile Allah and all of that just
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remember three things because of the way
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a man is spelled you see that and at the
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end Rahman words in Arabic like Johanna
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and hot tub and there's other words that
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have an at the end also when they have
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this on at the end three things happen
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to that word three things okay the first
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thing is it becomes very extreme it
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becomes what extreme so it's not just
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that Allah loves and cares or Allah is
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loving and caring here he's definitely
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being described as extremely loving and
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extremely caring unimaginably loving and
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imaginably can it's not a normal amount
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of love or care it's an extreme amount
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that's the first thing that happens to
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the word the second thing that happens
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to the word is that it is happening
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right now it's happening immediately you
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know if you say to somebody and that man
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is patient masha'Allah that man is what
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patient or this man is knowledgeable or
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this man is wise or this woman is wise
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but she's sleeping right now she's not
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being wise right now she's a sleeping
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she has the quality of being wise but it
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doesn't come out until she says
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something lives or she does something
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wise you understand just like that when
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you say this man is page
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you describe someone who's not here and
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you say you know that man is very
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patient do you know for a fact he's
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being patient right now no but when you
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use an at the end you're not just giving
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someone equality you're saying that that
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quality is happening when right now he's
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being loving and caring right now it's
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not something you have to wait for I'll
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give you an example to help you
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understand this you know in back home
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where I come from a lot of people have
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jobs and in their jobs they get paid
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every two weeks yeah they get paid on a
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Friday every every other week so
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somebody has a boss and their boss is
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supposed to give them their paycheck on
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Friday at 4 o'clock but the boss is in a
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meeting at 3 and 3 o'clock isn't on the
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other side of the city stuck in traffic
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and this person is waiting for their
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paycheck they're getting late for a
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train they have to catch and they're
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waiting for the boss and their co-worker
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says hey don't worry boss is reliable
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you'll be here the boss is what reliable
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but it's not good enough for him he says
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I know he's reliable but I wish he was
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being reliable and right now I need it
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right now I know he's good but I need
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that good to work right now where is he
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now he's not answering my texts when
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human beings are in need they don't want
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to know about the quality you have they
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want to know how that quality is helping
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you win right now when you save the word
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of Rahman then you are accepting that
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Allah is love and his care and his
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protection is extreme and that his love
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and his care and his protection is
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showering on you when right now it's
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happening as we speak as we speak it's
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happening the third part of this meaning
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is that of the world our fun is the
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scariest part they see hoodoos which
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means it's not always permanent a Chan
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same way and means extremely thirsty is
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someone always extremely thirsty know
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what the bond means extremely angry
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someone always extremely angry I'm not
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talking about your wife I'm just saying
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other people so always extremely know
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they eventually they calm down you're an
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extremely hungry
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if someone always extremely hungry know
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these qualities are extremes they're
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happening right now but
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something can come and get rid of them
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so if you're extremely thirsty what can
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get rid of it water can get rid of it if
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you're extremely hungry food can get rid
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of it
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allah azzawajal chose this name to
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describe something allah is extremely
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loving and extremely caring when right
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now but it's something you can do
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something you can do and i can do that
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can disqualify us from benefiting from
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the rahman isn't that scary that it's
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not you can't always benefit from it
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unconditionally there there can be
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something you can do that can't avoid
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remove it get rid of it and you know why
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the Sahaba understood this the Sahaba
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understood this they said al Rahman is
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for everyone in this world but al Rahim
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is only for the believers in the next
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world
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because they understood people do some
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things here Allah keeps giving them love
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even the disbeliever who curses Allah
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who makes fun of Allah as messenger the
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disbeliever who mocks the Quran who
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doesn't care about anything
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this doesn't just regards online in the
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worst ways commits the worst sins and is
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proud of his or her sins those kind of
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disbelievers also there's a lot give
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them love there's a lot give them care
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yeah but they're doing something that
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will disqualify themselves in at one
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point three qualities extreme it's
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happening right now and it may not be
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permanent for you he may not be
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permanent now let's talk about our ahim
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al rahim actually means someone someone
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who has a quality someone who has a
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quality even if it doesn't come out it's
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there like for example this air Aziz or
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Kareem Kareem means noble even if
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someone's not acting noble they still
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have nobility in them and the more
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important thing for you but I him
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actually means someone who's always
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loving and caring someone who's what
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always loving you it doesn't have the
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right now it has the what always now
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look at the mercy of Allah if Allah only
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said bismillah al-rahman if he only said
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what bismillah he a rough man then the
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love of Allah would be extreme it would
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be right now but it wouldn't be forever
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if Allah said bismillah al rahim then
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of Allah would be forever but no
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guarantee that it's coming when right
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now Allah wanted to have us understand
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that his love and his protection and his
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and his care is coming right now and
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will always be there so what did he do
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he said al-rahman al-rahim he took care
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of our immediate by saying a Rahman and
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he took care of our future by saying
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what al Rahim and these scholars even
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argue why not even change the order why
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not say bismillah al Rahim why not do it
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that way because Allah knows who he
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created and I a woman Halak listen to
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this carefully if you're very hungry
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if you're very hungry and al hamdulillah
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you're fasting in Capetown is very easy
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so this I'm talking to the people in
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Texas if you're very hungry or very
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thirsty and even if it's not Ramadan
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you're not fast but you're you know you
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haven't eaten anything and you come
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after a long day at work and you know
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your wife says to you what do you want
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to eat on Wednesday what do you want to
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eat next Friday
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I don't care woman just give me some
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food right now when you're in a problem
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right now you cannot think about what
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the future if somebody's going through
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pain right now if somebody's house is on
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fire right now you don't talk to them
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about a retirement plan it doesn't make
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any sense
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human beings when they have a problem
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they are stuck in the right now now you
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have your food you finish eating ah was
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good and then she says and then you say
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what did you want to have next Friday
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when your immediate is taken care of
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then your mind goes to what the future
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when you have an immediate problem all
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you can think about is now now now which
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name of Allah takes care of now al
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Rahman and when he takes care of now
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which name of Allah takes care of the
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future of Raheem his love and his care
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is now and will always be there the last
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thing that you and I should note we
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saved us Minaya Rahman al Raheem and
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everything that we do of all of Allah's
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names Allah has many names alcohol
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al-wahhab and aziz and Hakim has many
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names
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he chose these two names for everything
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we begin you're about to eat you're
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about to work you're about to get in the
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car you're about to change your clothes
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you're about to do anything we say
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bismillah how do I find that I think why
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is that important that's important
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because we recognize something
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everything Allah is allowing us to do
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everything Allah is allowing us to do is
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because He loves us and he cares for us
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and sometimes we say bismillah al Rahman
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al Rahim and we start the final exam
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it's cool yeah and then we fail that
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exam happens or no then you say nothing
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that he went mainly here on your own
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this different thicker right but in any
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case you take you said bismillah and you
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still feel the examine you're like I
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said Pushpa didn't work well stop Amon
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said this with my brother Rahim I must
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love and care where was the most loving
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care with the exam you have to
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understand one last thing about a rahman
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al rahim allah azzawajal will give you
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his love and his care on his terms not
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on your terms and you may not always
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understand his terms somebody's in the
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hospital dying of cancer at a young age
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it happens or no and Allah is still a
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Rahman al Raheem to them or no he is but
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you and I cannot understand even they
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may not be able to understand in what
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way is a lot of man and over him to them
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they may not know I tell you one little
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story and I'll conclude for today just
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to understand how Allah's love and care
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works Yusuf alayhi Salaam was a boy
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taken away from his family
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kidnapped thrown in the woods in a ditch
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then sold turned into a slave child
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slavery what a crime if you see news
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today of children being sold as slaves
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isn't that disgusting isn't that
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disturbing you want to change the
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channel that's what happened to you so
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far they Saddam did he deserve it no and
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then he's a servant
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living in a house doing a good job doing
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an honest honest job and he gets accused
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Longley and what happens next he gets
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thrown in jail did he deserve being
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thrown in jail no and you're like but
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allah alrahman alraheem
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he should cover him in his love and his
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care but he got taken away from his
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father he got taken away from his family
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he got thrown into jail all of these
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problems happen but you know eventually
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Yusuf Ali Salaam came out of jail
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remember and when he came out of jail he
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interpreted a dream and when he
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interpreted a dream what did the dream
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mean that the country is going to have a
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drought a water problem you guys know
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something about that
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yeah the country is going to have a
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water problem so all the farmland is
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going to dry up and die so we have to
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save the food for seven years while the
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water is still here because the next
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seven years the water will be gone that
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was the interpretation of his dream yes
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or no because of him be if he was never
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in jail the king would never have met
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him and if he was never in it was never
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kidnapped he would never have been in
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jail and if he was never in jail he
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would have never met the king and if he
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never met the king he would have never
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interpreted the dream isn't that true
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and because he interpreted the dream
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thousands of children for seven years
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got to stay with their parents and
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didn't die of thirst and hunger because
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of a loss plan because Allah didn't just
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soul shall love and care to him but
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sometimes Allah is loving care maybe
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you're a little bit of your suffering
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creates a lot of love and care for so
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many other people so Hanh Allah and you
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know what for every one of those
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children that was saved who gets the
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reward use of releasing them and use of
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her they said I'm a little bit of
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suffering a little bit of suffering in
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compared to what he's going to get he
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acknowledges that a laurs origin is a
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plan that allows the witness over him
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these are the names we call on when we
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start a task don't ever lose sight of
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the fact whether things work out for you
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the way you want or not one thing is
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always there Allah never stopped loving
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Allah never stop protecting Allah never
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stopped caring Allah so it'll make us
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from the heart a people of bismillah
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al-rahman al-rahim
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barakallahu li walakum Salam or aleikum
