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How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it?  | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it? | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence  | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr  | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted?  | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted? | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues  | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah  | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna  | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra)  | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra) | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen  | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back  | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah
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How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You a Mediocre Muslim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

Allah (swt) says, “Indeed, those who have the best claim to Ibrahim are his followers, this Prophet [ﷺ] and the believers. And Allah is the Guardian of those who believe.” Muslims believe in the Prophet ﷺ’s message as a continuation of a long Prophetic tradition, and connect to the Prophets as our own. Dr. Omar Suleiman explains what this means for our confidence when speaking about them, the closeness we feel to them, and our efforts to emulate their qualities.

This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
But I want to start from this verse in Surat Ali Imran. The verse is, I believe, verse 68. I'm not Dr. Zakir Naik. Mufti Saab tries to be like him sometimes and slips with his verse numbers.
But I believe verse 68, but it is the verse, Inna awlan nasi bi Ibraheem lallatheena taba'oohu wa haadhan nabiyyu wa allatheena aamanu waAllahu
waliyul mu'mineen. That verily those who have the greatest right to claim Ibrahim alayhi salam
are those who follow him. And this prophet and the believers and verily Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the protective friend of the believers. I want to let you know exactly why I'm starting from this
place in particular. Because as we see what unfolds in the land of Palestine and the land of Palestine, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala free it all from the river to the sea. There is this
annoying pushback, this annoying retort that some Europeans who have tried to construct within our
land European style resorts and European style cities and import people that are foreign to that land and remove the people of that land. That there is this constant claim that is being made
that even some Muslims tend to inherit an inferiority complex. Now the thing about an inferiority complex is that it's not necessarily based upon the concept itself, but it's based
upon how you feel towards that concept. Let me put it to you this way. You might feel uncomfortable speaking about Isa alayhi salam, about Jesus peace be upon him as your own around a Christian
who worships Isa alayhi salam and who says Jesus, Jesus, Jesus constantly right. You might feel a sense of discomfort like you almost have to apologize for claiming him and talking about him
as your own as if you know what we believe in Isa alayhi salam as he taught about himself alayhi salam. We follow him the way that his followers followed him. We worship like Isa alayhi salam.
It's not disrespect to you to say that I love Isa alayhi salam. He's my prophet and we follow him and we shouldn't feel bad for talking about him like our own in the sense of feeling a great sense
of affinity towards him and not backing away from him nor shying away from the idea that we worship as he worshiped alayhi salam. He is the prophet of Allah who was born by his word who will be
sent back to restore truth on this earth. He is from the greatest of the messengers of Allah. Our prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam who is closer to us than ourselves said that there is no one
closer to Jesus peace be upon him than me because the prophets are brothers and there is no prophet between he and I. We feel a great closeness to him a great affinity so we should not apologize
nor should we almost you know nor should we put all the qualifiers up front when we're talking to someone who claims Isa alayhi salam who mentions Isa more as if we have to be let into the room
to talk about him. We don't have to be let into the room to talk about him. The one who sent him revealed about him to our ummah. Why am I starting with this? Because you'll start to see there's a
genre of verses and ahadith that came down in this regard to address the way that people might
have been feeling and this verse many of the ulama said this verse many of the scholars of islam
scholars of tafsir said came down around the same time that the muslims were in Abyssinia. It's a very strange concept so I'm going to explain it to you this way.
When the muslims were in Abyssinia what was the religion of Azhama and Najash alayhi salam? It's christianity. He was a devout christian they were around bishops
they were around people who knew the scripture they were still new in islam they didn't know too much about Isa alayhi salam just yet. Most of what has been revealed about Isa alayhi salam
came in Medina when the muslims were encountering the people of the book. Al-Ihram didn't exist yet right? So there's limited information that the muslims have about islam. The most that's revealed
about Isa alayhi salam at that point is surah Maryam. That's what we know about Isa alayhi salam is surah Maryam which doesn't have great biographical detail about Isa alayhi salam. You're amongst the people who read
about him, who worship him, who know him so intimately in accordance with the scriptures that came down to them. So you can feel a bit intimidated by that environment to dare to speak
about Isa alayhi salam. Now when you start to unveil the interactions between Jafar ibn Abi Talib and Najashi, you start to find a lot more depth in the conversations.
So for example many of the scholars say that the first time that Najashi heard Qur'an was actually not surah Maryam. If you realize there are a set of interactions between Jafar and Najashi.
And so the first time according to some of the scholars of Tafsir Nafsilah, the first time Najashi asked him to recite to us something of the Qur'an, Jafar chose surah al-Akabut, surah al-Rum
and surah al-Kahf in some of the narrations. The point is that he recited to him something other than surah Maryam. He started with that point and Ali ibn al-Has forced the issue
radiallahu ta'ala from the al-sah and said to Najashi you should ask these people what they say about these. You should ask them what they say about Isa. And it was then that Jafar radiallahu
ta'ala says we say about him what our Prophet ﷺ taught us about him and what was revealed to them and Najashi says what is it that was revealed to you about him and then he starts to recite
until the end of the story of Isa it's only about 15 verses.
But when it was recited immediately Najashi is taken aback, his eyes filled with tears. Those that have been in pursuit of Isa and they just knew something was off.
They knew something was off and I can tell you subhanAllah I just met someone yesterday who insha'Allah will be publicly announcing our Islam soon
who is very influential and was a devout Christian. And one of the things that he was saying yesterday he was saying subhanAllah
people won't believe me when I say that I became Muslim because of Jesus alayhi salam. So beautiful what he had what she said about him. You know if you really ask some
of the early books of Shaykh Ahmad i-Daghrafi radiallahu ta'ala where he's he was doing the work when very few people were doing it right that local work about Jesus peace be upon him he actually introduces one of his books and I can't remember which one it was
at the moment but he says that he actually sat next to a good Christian and he recited surah Maryam from the Quran and he said read to me about Maryam from your scripture and he said be honest
which one would you like to give to your teenage daughter which one would you feel better about giving to your teenage daughter to read to get introduced to Mary Jesus and he said that the
man as a theologian couldn't help but admit I prefer this version. It's absolutely beautiful
it's gorgeous it's thorough it's coherent it's comprehensive and so step into it lean into it this is your prophet this is a prophet that was sent not to you as your ummah you're not the
ummah of Isa but he was sent to you by your lord and on the day of judgment when you are when we're witnesses upon the people guess what we're doing we're standing next to the prophets
Nuh and his people have a debate we step in we say we know Musa and his people have an argument we step in we know Musa he did what he was supposed to do
we step in on behalf of Mary we're there as witnesses upon the people on behalf of the
prophets of Allah right so lean into it this is your prophet you love him you have a theology
that incorporates him perfectly beautifully that an honest and a sincere heart and mind will say that makes a lot of sense I've always loved Jesus but I didn't understand a trinary you know how
many times I've heard about people that embrace his thought like I knew it I always loved Isa I saw some of you in here might be converts to Islam and you have that experience I always loved
them but it just didn't make sense now it makes sense now I can still love him without having that internal conflict lean into it right now here's what I'm saying or why I'm starting with
it's not that some of the scholars say that the ayah that those who are closest to Ibrahim are those who follow him some of the scholars say that that
is because the people in Mecca and the Jewish tribes in Medina both tried to say to Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam and his ummah from different directions we have Ibrahim
salallahu alayhi wa sallam Ibrahim is one of us can you imagine they claim Ibrahim they claim him in a different way they claim him from a place of lineage and then you go to Medina and you have
rabbis who are thoroughly read in the Torah that can quote you all sorts of details about Ibrahim you know a few things about him but what you know about him is correct
thank you and they can throw a book at you literally and I've lost the time to add a saying don't feel inferior to them don't take a back seat not when you're with the Najash
and the Christians in Abyssinia nor with the Jews in Medina nor with the pagans in Mecca your prophets don't let anybody else tell you that you don't have a right to them
because you claim them the way that Allah sent them so feel that closeness demonstrate that attachment they are yours and you are theirs because we are all for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and they fit within that divine scheme and so this verse was revealed paralleling the Muslims in Abyssinia according to some of the scholars from the Muslims not interacted with the people
of the book in Medina who are saying come on what do you guys know about prophets what do you know about Abraham what do you know about his you know about about the chosen people what do you know about who he has promised this to and who he has promised that to and the
same mind games get played with us now with the whole land of Palestine with Jerusalem
and subhanAllah the way that I think it's important for us to intervene at times whether we're talking about Isa alayhi salam or Ibrahim alayhi salam or Musa alayhi salam or
Suleiman alayhi salam what makes your starting point of history more authentic than mine because from a historical method perspective we can trace the books
you're parroting a narrative that wasn't born until this century from a completely unorthodox paradigm foreign to your faith we have an authentic unbroken chain for 1400 years
why should I start from your departure point in history and then try to argue with you on the basis of that departure point it's like someone says oh that's you know how dare you talk about
you know this conception of the prophets like you have to start from the biblical conception and then try to fit in the islamic conception no no I reject everything you say
about a prophet of Allah that's not befitting of a prophet of Allah everything I don't have to prove to you that Dawood alayhi salam is innocent of the crimes that you associate him with
I don't have to prove to you that he did not send a general out because he wanted the general so he sent the general off to murder so that he could take the wife of the general I don't have
to prove to you that Dawood alayhi salam was not a drunkard your entire conception of prophethood does not fit the divine scheme we start from a consistent coherent departure point in history
and that's why when the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam comes into Medina
and who gets to claim Moses who gets to claim Musa alayhi salam and they are fasting the day of
Ashura and the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says you're closer to Moses we love Musa alayhi
salam we will take this as a day of fasting it wasn't a confrontational statement it was a
confident statement very different things very different things like the prophets like someone you imagine him saying that he's not getting up in people's face he's saying it to his community
hey don't sit there and watch from the sidelines we love Musa alayhi salam we are Musa alayhi salam we are closer to Musa alayhi salam the mistake that we make with Jerusalem by the way with Al-Quds
our history with Jerusalem does not start with Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam doesn't start with Al-Isra, Al-Mi'raj the whole history of the prophets of Allah that were sent
Ibrahim alayhi salam the first prophet that we know of that lived and died in in Palestine may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala liberate him the first prophet we know of that lived and died in
the islands right for sure there are other tafasir about other prophets that came before but he's the first one we know of don't we say that they were all Muslims so why are you starting your history
with Jerusalem from Al-Isra, Al-Mi'raj no yes Sulaiman alayhi salam lived there yes prophets were there and they built for the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a masjid a place where
Allah is to be worshipped where prosperation takes place yes righteous people have come and gone we claim all of those who worship Allah the way that we worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
therefore we feel an attachment we feel a connection that attachment and that connection has never meant for us bulldozing people and murdering people and displacing people and
cutting people off that's the way you deal with your conception and so both your connection is deviant and the way that you deal with your connection is deviant we never did that but
we're not going to start our history from this Al-Mi'raj we're going to go back we're going to go way back to our father alayhi salam Ibrahim alayhi salam wa huwa abu al-anbiya and he is the
father of the prophets alayhi salam now let's talk about this concept so in the olden house the closer the closest to Ibrahim are those who follow him the closest to Musa are those that
follow him the closest to Isa are those that follow him and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says about the prophets alayhi salam what the prophet is closer to the believers than themselves
our prophet is nearer to us than ourselves and so there is this word that keeps on coming up
who gets to make the claim who gets to demonstrate closeness let me tell you subhanAllah in this day and age we are 1400 years removed from our beloved prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam
is there a central authority of Hashemites the children of the descendants of the prophet
salallahu alayhi wasalam that by and large make a claim that the community yields to that we do DNA tests to try to prove that this person is Hashemi and this person is not and that's where
we yield our authority to or do we look to those who cling to the way of the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam and the way that his family alayhi salatu wasalam practiced do we look to that and
that's how we denote authority in our community it's how we denote authority in our community there are people that love the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam more than themselves and they have absolutely no bloodline to them alayhi salatu wasalam
and who follows the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam put in quantum to him follow me and Allah will love you those that follow the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam
are those that get to make the closest claim to him alayhi salatu wasalam those that will be closest to him on the day of judgment are those that follow him are those that are plentiful in
their salawat upon them salallahu alayhi wasalam are those that have the best character in following the best example of character in him salallahu alayhi wasalam that's the claim of closeness so start from this verse
and that's why Allah says and this prophet think about the power of language here the function of language
speaking to people of the book people that mocked the idea of a prophetic connection or the connection of the prophets lights up on these arrows from Mecca a pagan society they mocked the idea of a connection and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saying
this prophet this one not the one that you all have imagined and because he didn't show up the way that he wanted them to you denied him because he didn't come out
from bani israel you didn't like him this prophet right here this prophet has the closest connection to Ibrahim not you and those who believe
and verily Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the protective friend of all of the believers but I want us to actually build this coherent connection
and I want to start from a few places number one the idea of who's closest to Ibrahim
closeness to Ibrahim number two that of the beauty of how Ibrahim is described in the Quran
is that everything that Ibrahim achieved in terms of equality those are achievable qualities in lesser proportion to this one everything that he achieved
there are achievable qualities that we can implement in our daily lives to this ummah but in the force number three Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said to follow Ibrahim alayhi salam
in creed and in character and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that you have an Ibrahim you have a good example in his character you have the creed of Ibrahim alayhi salam
and the person who mastered it most is the most blessed son of Ibrahim alayhi salam Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam whose life is in great detail to you
all right so let's kind of walk this back I want to actually start from this particular
place Ibrahim alayhi salam has certain titles in Islam one of them is Al Khalil he is the
friend of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is it possible for you to be a friend of Allah
yes or no absolutely and what do we call the friends of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in our religion? Al Awliya, the Awliya, they are the friends of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
you ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to take you in to be your guardian to be your protective friend you cannot achieve being a Wali of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala unless you are a
abdu of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you start from Ubudiyyah you start from a place of great servitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and then in the process of that servitude to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala you attain friendship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala okay so it starts with servitude
it graduates to friendship and this is a scheme that we have in terms of our practice and in
terms of our position in terms of our practice you start from being a Muslim you go from Islam
and then you graduate from Islam to Iman as Ibn Majid Rahim Allah said you start from practice and then you have faith where you internalize what you are practicing and then when those two
things are married beautifully you have Ihsan excellence that refers to your practice which is that you worship Allah as if you can see him that the external and the internal are in such
harmony with each other that is as if you can see the longer that you can see the divine in himself subhanahu wa ta'ala and that is your ultimate guide at that point that refers to
output right Muslim mu'min muhsin Allah make us from a people of Ihsan on the position side of things the maqam the ranking so that's practicers position
you are with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and to be in a state of abodea to be in a state of servitude is to submit yourself to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wholly entirely
enter into the way of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala enter into Islam entirely enter into submission entirely don't follow the footsteps of shaitan Ibrahim is a Muslim
he's a person who entered into Islam entirely the footsteps of shaitan for Ibrahim were different from your footsteps of shaitan his footsteps were much more significance why because the
footsteps of shaitan for Ibrahim is why are you going to sacrifice your son and that's a hard Hajar why are you going to let him do this to your son Ismail why are you going to let your
father do this to you the whispers and the footsteps of shaitan are plenty and they are severe and they're far more consequential but what do you call it the city
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says when he says to Ibrahim aslim submit yourself Ibrahim says I submit myself to the lord of the worlds don't ifs or buts there is no wow
no no Allah says aslim submit he said like submit oh Allah so in terms of franking you go in as a
you graduate in position to be a friend of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to be of the awliya of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the awliya are akhfiyah as Ali radi allahu ta'ala said they're hidden
amongst the people no one knows who a wadi of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is like you don't get a badge you don't get a coat you don't get a miftah turban all right you don't get you don't
get anything to denote that Allah azawajal has hidden his awliya amongst his ibad right akhfiyah awliya you see what Ali radi allahu ta'ala was saying the awliya are a smaller group of the ibad
the friends of Allah are smaller amongst the servants of Allah so you don't know when you're dealing with the ibad of Allah which of them is a wali of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the person
next to you might be a wali of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala your mom or dad might be a wali of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala your child might grow up to be a wali of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you
don't know you have no idea but you are concerned with graduating into a state of wilayah to be a friend of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala now Ibrahim alayhi salam achieved a friendship with Allah
that is specific to him that's special to him and that is al khalif to be that close exclusive friend of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he says that the word khalif
only it's like your best friend and only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can have more than one khalif but for us you can't have more than one khalif that's why the prophet sallallahu alayhi
asalam said about Abu Bakr as-siddiq radi allahu ta'ala anhu that had Allah not already taken me as a khalif I would have taken Abu Bakr radi allahu ta'ala anhu as a khalif but Allah azawajal
already took me as a khalif so only Allah azawajal can have more than one khalif a person cannot have more than one khalif in their nature it's a very intimate friendship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
the point that I'm trying to make here is that for us what we are aiming for when we study the life of Ibrahim is we die he has a special friendship with Allah
you are studying the life of the friend of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala do you want to be in a state of friendship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if so try to live your life like Ibrahim is highlighted
and friends show themselves generally speaking in good times or in bad times dark times that's
when you learn who your friends are right you learn who your friends are in dark moments and so generally Ibrahim's life you're seeing tragic moments in his life but in those tragedies
you're seeing closeness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you're seeing a friend of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rise why is this significant to us from a place of tahseer because go back to the verse then they don't figure out how to live in 68 or 69 68 verse 68
Allah is the protective front of the believers Allah is the wali of the believers I want to walk you back to Subhanallah
Allah is the friend of those who believe he takes them from darknesses to light
those who disbelieve their awliya their protective friends are those silly gods
god-like figures that they think are gods that take them away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that they have set up instead of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala their idols their tyrants their trends
all of that can fall into tahut by the way if you look at it in its broadest meaning okay and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
whoever disbelieves in all of that and believes in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you have held on to the trustworthy handholds
right there's absolutely no breaking out that trustworthy handhold must involve all of your and that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala transitions to what can anyone tell me what's the next verse I know it's locked in my lips I need to break now inshallah so I'll just finish up with this point
where does Allah take us you want to see what a friend of Allah looks like who's been taken from darkness to light
who's been taken from confusion to clarity versus someone who has been relegated to darkness and
confusion look at this situation where Ibrahim is arguing with this person who claims to be a god-like figure
when Ibrahim stood in front of that tower and said my lord it is light and my work is you want to see you want to see what a friend of Allah looks like in a difficult situation
with all the supports of power and you might not be considering the psychological impact again the interiority complex is the media that a Muslim could be feeling all these people know there's a lot we speak Hebrew they speak the language of Ibrahim and we're the followers of
how is that possible how can you insist upon that right before you get into it and Ibrahim is in front of this brutal tyrant and he doesn't have the structure to the power
around him but he has the power of clarity and he says my work is light and my work is light he said I give life and I give death watch this watch what I'm going to do very quick
what is he doing he brings someone who's given a death sentence he says you're free to go then it brings on entirely innocence and it makes a peace
now if you're Ibrahim this is no longer just a discussion of of you know theology this is a
theological discussion this is someone flexing their ego flexing their muscle intoxicated by their power callous hairless reckless you know how these people worship themselves
you see better than that yahoo did you see their own reaction you see by the way there's a hama and sometimes I can't tell which system is in the white house and which one I'm telling you but there's always two of them right they're always kind of hanging around each other
okay the way these tyrants feed off of each other it's never a tyrant alone but pay attention to tell a lot you think that he cares about his hostages
that you're relevant to him cares less about palestinians palestinian life but everything when you become that when you become that intoxicated by your own needle or your own
power and you worship out everyone is just a tool it's just literally peace is going on in front of a table pause I don't see anybody as human beings
because I'm going to need to stay in power so there's a psychological element here right and I go on my response that's my lord dave is lying from better life he says watch this I gave life my gift god and while he marries them up so this
fit in a lot of that oh yeah go ahead unless it had to cause the sun to rise from the east and set in the west go ahead and make it rise from the west
and the madness completely taken aback why did my psychological torture not work on me why are you awful I don't like when I can't torture someone or torment someone
or psychologically twist on to probate me why aren't you listening to the wrong power what is the what why is my brute force not working with the bookings that let me talk about well going to let me cover
unless can't add up what the wisdom of them using that language like he's completely baffled baffled it's not just the strength of the argument it's the clarity of the one making the argument like how did you say that to me after all I just did in front of you
how do you have that internal clarity and that internal strength aren't you afraid of me absolutely not that's why the palestinian child frustrates his itis
aren't you afraid of me no your tank garbage I don't care about your power you don't have any your power means nothing killing you go ahead it frustrates them it flusters them
it's not just the strength of your argument it's the strength of the person making you and the greatest deprivation for you is a lot of luck guiding your own transits
you are cut off from me
this is a friend of allah you don't get it and abraham leaves unscathed untouched by that tyrant the point that i'm making and we'll bring it off the spot is that a lot of transition
to the story of iran after they're saying allah is the wali of those who believe and in the verse
there is a constant emphasis on this idea may allah make us from the friends of allah you