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Wasallam. Therefore it's important for

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all of us to learn

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derive the lessons, the strength and

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great and noble Prophets that

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Allah has given to us in the Quran.

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Therefore I'm very grateful to you for your support. pleased to

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share with you the series that

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I delivered in the Qalam Masjid

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on the Qalam campus all

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throughout the month of Ramadan, Ramadan 2024

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corresponding to 1445 after

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Hijra. May Allah subhana wa

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ta'ala make this a means of benefit

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for all of us please enjoy the

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series. Continuing

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with our series here in the month

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of Ramadan the stories of

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the prophets from the Quran. Today

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inshaAllah we're going to be talking

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about in general the

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story of the Prophet Isa,

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Alayhi Salaam. And

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in addressing the story of Prophet Isa,

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Alayhi Salaam we're going

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to go a little bit further back because

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when Allah subhana wa ta'ala tells us about

2:57

the story of Isa, Alayhi Salaam,

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Allah subhana wa ta'ala starts further back

3:03

with the family that Isa, Alayhi Salaam

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came from and

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hence the name of the Surah that

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we're familiar with as well. Surah Ali

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Imran, the family

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of Imran. And as

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we've been going through these different stories of the

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prophets in the Quran every

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single day we've tried to focus on a

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particular lesson that we can extract from there.

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Something we can learn and implement.

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And so the particular lesson that

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we're going to be talking about today

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from the story of Isa, Alayhi Salaam

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is the story is a lesson rather

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of dedication. The

3:44

Al-Imran, the family of Imran

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which culminates with Isa

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ibn Mariam, Salaamunah Ali Hima, really

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embodies and personifies

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the character and the quality,

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the trait of dedication. Allah

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SWT starts to teach us this

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lesson of dedication by going

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all the way back to the grandparents of

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Isa Alayhi Salaam, Imran and his wife, who

4:10

is referred to as Imra'atu Imran, the

4:12

wife of Imran. Some

4:14

of the books like the

4:16

Old Testament mentions her name as

4:18

Anne or Hana.

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Nonetheless, Allah tells us, the wife of Imran,

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she said, In

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Rabbi, my Lord, In me nazar

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tulaq mafi batani muharra. She

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was expecting a child, she was pregnant,

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and she says, my Lord, I

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devote, I dedicate, I vow,

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I pledge to give

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my child for your sake, to

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free that child from any kind

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of expectations, social

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or otherwise, familial

4:55

or social, any kind of expectations

4:57

or obligations. But this child

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will be solely and only dedicated to you

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and only you Allah. For

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takab al-mini, so accept this child from me,

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in the kantasamil al-im, you are the one

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who hears all and knows all. Salaamma

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wada'atah, when she gave birth

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to the child, the Quran tells us, kala

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travbihni wada'atuha'unta. She

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said, my Lord, I have given birth to a daughter

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because they were from

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the region that we know as

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Palestine. They

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were from Nasirah, Nazareth. And

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so understanding that the sacred

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place there, the place of worship for

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the people in that region and one of

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the most sacred places on earth was a

5:41

place that was close to them and that

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was Beitul Maktas, Jerusalem, al-Mashil Aqsa. And

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so the idea was that this child that I

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am pledging for the sake of Allah will

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go and will serve the house of Allah

5:53

and will serve the community there. And so

5:55

there was a natural assumption that obviously a

5:57

male child, a son, will be more capable

5:59

of. serving that role. Being

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a Khadim in the masjid, cleaning the masjid,

6:04

serving the worshippers and eventually one day if

6:06

Allah has willed so then be able to

6:08

lead the people and you know teach the

6:10

people and so on so forth. So

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she says I have given birth to a daughter. Walaahu

6:16

a'alamu bimawada'atwara Allah subhana wa ta'ala says

6:18

something remarkable. Allah subhana wa ta'ala says

6:20

Allah knew who she had actually given

6:22

birth to. That she was underestimating what

6:24

this would mean. Walaisad

6:27

dakaruk al-untha and

6:30

the male is

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not like the female and

6:35

while this is a bigger larger philosophical statement

6:37

in the Quran that addresses a lot of

6:39

the chaos that we see in

6:42

society today but Allah subhana wa

6:44

ta'ala at the same time in

6:47

his infinite wisdom is saying that

6:49

she was underestimating what role

6:51

ultimately in the grand plan of Allah subhana

6:53

wa ta'ala this child could serve by virtue

6:56

of being a daughter and not a son.

6:59

Wailinisa ma'itu ahammargaam and she says I

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named this daughter Miryam. Wailinu

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a'idu habika waddu righatamina shaytan ar-rajim and I

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ask you Allah to protect her and her

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progeny from shaytan. And Allah

7:11

subhana wa ta'ala tells us that Allah

7:13

subhana wa ta'ala accepted her and

7:15

then she kafala hazakarigha she ended

7:17

up in the supervision the care

7:20

and the tutelage of

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her uncle Zakariya al-ihi salaam a prophet

7:24

of God so she's living

7:26

in Beitul Makdas she's worshiping there she's

7:28

studying there and she has a prophet

7:31

as a teacher SubhanAllah

7:34

and then look at the dedication from the

7:36

very early days Qulama

7:38

dakala al-ihi zakariya al-mihrabah wajidar in

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dahar isqah we talked previously about

7:43

Zakariya al-ihi salaam's dua for a

7:45

child even an old age and

7:49

an extremely old age. Well Allah

7:51

subhana wa ta'ala tells us that it was

7:53

Mariam's dedication that was

7:55

an inspiration for Zakariya al-ihi salaam's

7:57

dua when he enters upon her and he She

8:00

finds her in the mihrab,

8:02

in her place of worship, her corner

8:04

of the masjid, worshiping Allah. What

8:07

did that? In the hariska he

8:09

found her with sustenance, with provision, with

8:11

food. The narration mentions that she was

8:13

eating fruits, she was eating fruits that

8:15

were out of season and out of

8:17

region. And

8:20

he says, how did you

8:22

come by this? This is from Allah

8:24

and Allah provides to whom? Allah

8:29

provides to whom? Whoever he wills, however he

8:31

wills, there are no limits, there are no

8:33

limitations upon Allah. Allah can

8:36

provide anything to anyone, anywhere,

8:38

anyhow, any time. And

8:41

so look at that dedication. Now

8:45

it goes forward, the story moves forward from there where

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Allah SWT chose her. In

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Allah's tafaki, wa ta'harati wa tafaki

8:53

alla nisa illa ala min. Allah

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has chosen you for a great

8:58

mighty purpose. And

9:00

that purpose is that you will

9:02

be the vessel of the

9:05

greatest miracle that this world

9:07

has witnessed since the

9:10

creation of Adam alayhi salam, in the

9:12

masalah, isa'a in the lahikah masali Adam.

9:14

Like Allah created Adam alayhi salam from

9:16

clay, that miracle

9:18

of human life, you

9:21

will be the vessel of the

9:23

next greatest miracle that humanity has

9:25

witnessed. And that is

9:27

that you will bear a child that has no father.

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And Allah SWT tells her, wa yukalli muhnasa

9:35

fil mahni wa kahlan wa minas salihi. He

9:37

will be a prophet of God, he will

9:39

miraculously speak to people even as an infant,

9:41

as a baby, and he will be a

9:43

righteous prophet of Allah. And

9:47

so she bears this child with

9:49

devotion, with dedication. And

9:53

when the time comes for

9:56

this child to come into this world, she

9:59

is... is still

10:01

dedicated to Allah SWT, to

10:04

the mission and the responsibility

10:06

and the task that Allah

10:08

SWT has given to her.

10:12

And once Isha'a Alayhi

10:15

Salaam is born, and

10:17

she takes him back to the people,

10:19

she enters into the town, and

10:22

they start berating her, and

10:25

they start slandering her

10:27

and accusing her, she's

10:30

not shaking in her dedication at all. They

10:34

start to say things to her like, lakajit

10:36

tishay an fariyah. You

10:39

have done the most horrific

10:41

thing, ya uch taharum,

10:44

they invoke her family, who shamed

10:46

your family, ma kana abu alkim ra'asau'in,

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your father was not an evil man,

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wa makana tum muqibahriyah, your

10:53

mother was not a shameless woman, what

10:55

have you done? So

10:57

Asha'aat ilahi, look

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at her conviction, her dedication, she

11:02

pointed to the infant, and

11:05

even they were baffled, they said, keifanu kali mumal

11:07

kana filma hadi isa'a bhigan, how

11:09

do you expect us to speak to an infant,

11:12

that you are carrying in your arms? And

11:15

then Isha'a Alayhi Salaam spoke miraculously,

11:19

kala'ini abdu lahi, I

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am the servant of God, atani

11:23

al-kitaa wajaa'alani na biya, Allah

11:26

has given me revelation, and Allah has made

11:28

me a prophet, wajaa'alani mubarakan

11:30

aina ma kuntu, I will be a

11:33

source of blessing for humanity, wa

11:35

usani biz salati wa zakati madun tu

11:37

khayyah, and I will continue to worship

11:40

my Lord, and practice charity as long

11:42

as I will be alive, wa barram

11:44

biwali dati, and I will honor my

11:46

mother, wa lami jalni jibbaran shakhiya, I

11:49

will not be a wretched man, wa

11:51

salamu alayhi yamawiliptu wa yamamutu wa yamabu

11:53

atu khayyah, and I will always be blessed

11:56

by Allah Subhana wa rahmatullah, dalika Isha b'num

11:58

maryam, that was Isha'a Alayhi Salaam. the

12:00

son of Miriam, Salaamun Alayhi Ma'am. And

12:04

so again you see the dedication

12:06

and Allah SWT tells us more

12:08

about the dedication of Isa Alayhi

12:10

Salaam. Allah SWT says, then he

12:12

served his mission, he

12:14

served his role. Warasul

12:17

an-ilabani isra'ilah. He

12:20

was a messenger to the people

12:22

of Bani Israel, the Israelites. An-ni

12:25

kajeet tukhumbi a'agatim mirobikum. That

12:28

I have been sent to you with signs

12:30

from my Lord. An-ni

12:32

akhlukul a'kumbi na'atini ka hai

12:34

atit ta'ir. Faa an-sukhufihi fayakunu

12:37

ta'iran bi'idnillah. He displayed

12:39

miracles to them, all by

12:41

the will and the permission of Allah with the

12:43

name of Allah, Bismillah bi'idnillah. He

12:45

would take dirt or clay and he

12:47

would form it into the shape of a bird.

12:50

He would say the name of Allah and he

12:52

would blow into it and it would come to

12:54

life and fly away. Wa'ubriul a'akmaha wal-abaraasa. He

12:56

would cure the blind, he would cure the leper

12:59

by the will and the permission and

13:01

the name of Allah. Wa'uhi il-mau'u ta'abi'idnillah.

13:04

He brought the dead back to life

13:06

by the name and the will and

13:08

the permission of Allah and that dead

13:10

person who came back to life testified

13:12

that indeed he is a messenger of

13:14

Allah. And

13:17

he did all of this. Even

13:20

though his own people, Isha

13:23

al-Isamu al-S He's

13:27

from the Israelites, he's from Bani Israel and

13:30

his own people rejected him. His

13:33

own people rejected him. Wa'ala

13:35

a'agatul-bila, samaala a'agatul-bila. They

13:38

slandered and accused his mother

13:41

of horrific things. They

13:43

called him a liar in a charlatan, a

13:47

magician and a soothsayer. Somebody

13:50

who's trying to deceive people. But

13:53

Isha al-Isamu al-Tibh serving his mission. He

13:55

was dedicated. And

13:58

Allah Subhana wa ta'ala even tells us that

14:01

eventually what happened with Isa Alayhi

14:03

Salaam is that he

14:06

became the subject of

14:09

the greatest lies that

14:12

humanity has ever concocted.

14:15

That the people that eventually would be known

14:17

as the Ya'ud who

14:20

are his own people, they

14:23

slandered his mother, they called him a

14:25

liar, and

14:28

they painted him as a liar.

14:32

And then on the other side, the

14:34

people who did initially

14:37

accept and receive his message, but

14:40

then they went too far and

14:42

they deified him and they called him the son of

14:44

God. Waqalat inna

14:47

saal maseeh chubnullah. Laqada

14:49

kafaralladeen aqallu inna laha hu'al maseeh

14:51

chubnullah mariyam. Inna laha salih tsu

14:53

tadaata. They called him God.

14:56

They worshipped him. And

14:58

everyone went too far. Think about how

15:02

they completely defied and

15:06

they completely betrayed Isa Alayhi

15:08

Salaam. But you know

15:10

how dedicated Isa Alayhi Salaam is? Allah

15:13

SWT tells us in the Quran, in

15:15

this world, about a conversation that will

15:17

happen on the day of judgment. Listen

15:20

to this conversation. Allah says, wa'ilqala Allah

15:23

huya aisa min amargah. Allah

15:25

will say to Isa Alayhi Salaam on the

15:27

day of judgment. An-takulta

15:30

linnas. Did you

15:32

tell the people, it tahiduni

15:35

wa'unmiyyah ilaheenim indunilah,

15:37

to worship you and your mother? Did

15:40

you tell them to worship

15:42

you? Qala subhanak.

15:45

You'll say, my Lord, all glory be

15:47

to you, perfect are you, Allah. Maya

15:49

kunuli. Why would

15:51

I ever do such a thing? An-akulta malaisa li

15:53

bhihaq. That I would say something that I have no

15:56

right to say. In Kun tukultu

15:58

hu faqada alim tahu. If

16:00

I would have said it, you. Would know or loss. Solemn

16:02

Levine of see what are on the machine

16:04

of six. You know everything that's in my

16:06

heart and I do not possess your knowledge

16:08

or were lost. In the car and the alarm.

16:10

Will will use You know everything you

16:12

are the know or of all things,

16:14

the unseen and the hidden and everything.

16:17

Muffled to the him. The only

16:19

thing I told the people. In

16:21

lama a martini be he would you

16:24

commanded me to. Dedication.

16:27

And the I'm build a lot of Be What A Book on. I.

16:30

Told them to worship you over law.

16:33

And. That you are my lord and you were there

16:35

Lord. You. Are my lord and

16:37

you are there lord What? phone to autism

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Sure he the modem to see him and

16:41

I was a witness upon them. I tried

16:43

and I persisted so long as I was

16:46

alive amongst them. From

16:48

up there was a sunny burrow

16:50

a lot when you decreed and

16:52

destined that I would leave the

16:54

world fun to unsettle. See barley

16:56

hims the new remain this watchful

16:58

over them. Once. On a

17:00

Collision sahib. And you

17:02

are a witness over everything. Nothing is

17:04

concealed from your mom. And

17:07

then he saw the his center. Even on

17:09

the day of judgment. That it's his.

17:13

Dedication. He still

17:15

doing is. He

17:17

still a profit in messenger in that moment. Would.

17:20

Disease in next. Into as

17:22

zebra him. For. A know Murray but.

17:25

Oh. A Law if you decide

17:27

to punish them. Than.

17:30

They are your slaves. They are your

17:32

servants. You may do

17:34

with them as you will in as you please. We're.

17:37

In self Philo. But

17:39

as you forgive them, For.

17:41

In Nyc Ancelotti some have seen you are all

17:43

mighty and or wise and no one can question

17:46

you. Our

17:48

messenger Mohammed the muscle lucky some the lower other

17:51

he was some. He

17:53

was so inspired! By

17:55

this dedication to the mission, of

17:58

prostitute He

18:01

was so inspired by this dedication of

18:04

Isa Alayhi Salaam that

18:06

it's narrated in the Sahih Imam Bukhari that

18:10

the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam one

18:12

night stood up to pray

18:15

as he would pray throughout the night and

18:18

he read the verse into Adibhum for

18:20

Innahum Ayyibaduk O Allah if you

18:22

decide to punish them they are your servants and

18:25

you may do as you will but

18:29

if you decide to forgive them you

18:32

are almighty and all wise and no one can question you

18:40

and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam kept

18:42

on repeating this verse over

18:44

and over and over and over again crying

18:47

tears to the point where his beard was

18:49

soaked his chest was soaked, his shirt was

18:51

wet with his tears and he kept on

18:53

repeating this verse and over and over again

18:56

until Bilal Radi Allahu ta'ala Anu called the adhan

18:58

for Fajr dedication

19:02

and so we have similarly

19:04

been given a task

19:06

and a responsibility to

19:10

worship Allah, to serve Allah to

19:14

serve the deen of Allah, to spread the word of

19:16

Allah and we have to

19:18

find that purpose but not only just find that purpose and

19:20

we have to hold on to it and

19:22

be dedicated and devoted to it and committed

19:24

to it to our very last breath inspired

19:28

by this example of dedication from

19:31

Isa Alayhi Sallam our messenger SallAllahu

19:33

Alaihi Wasallam and all the Prophets of God May

19:36

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us that type

19:38

of dedication and devotion May Allah subhanahu wa

19:40

ta'ala allow us to remain dedicated to our

19:42

purpose and our mission for the remainder of

19:45

our lives Ameenee Arabala Alameen SubhanAllah

19:47

Alayhi wa Bihamdihi SubhanAllah Ala Ala

19:49

Alal Alal Alal Alal Alal Alal Alal Alal Alala

19:53

Alal Alal Alal Alal