Which of The Favours of your Lord will you Deny? (Al-Quran). A Video about the special Favours , Love and Mercy of Allah swt on Every Human Being.
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You know, we use this word all the time
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We say (Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem)
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We say Fatiha all the time:
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(Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen) (Qur'an 1:2)
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(Ar-Rahman, Ar-Raheem) (Qur'an 1:3)
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We use the word all the time
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But what does it mean?
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Can anybody give me an English translation that you've read before?
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(Ar-Rahman), anybody?
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"Merciful"
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Some people use "Beneficent", right?
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"Compassionate"
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I don't know, "beneficent", have you ever used "beneficent" in a conversation with anybody before?
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You don't normally use the word "beneficent" in conversation, yes?
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The purpose of translation
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The purpose of translation is so you and I can understand
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And translation should be with words that you can actually use
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That you actually relate to
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If you translate with words that you can't relate to
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Then it defeats the purpose of translation
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It defeats the purpose
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And the other problem is
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The easier word is "Merciful"
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"Merciful" is easy to understand for most people who understand English
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They know the word "merciful"
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But the problem with the word -
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There's also a problem with this word -
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is that it's actually different from the word "Rahma"
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"Mercy" is different from the word "Rahma"
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And I first want to explain that difference to you
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"Ar-Rahma" in Arabic comes from a few things, one of them is "Ar-Rahm"
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"Ar-Rahm" is the stomach of the mother
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When a woman is pregnant, her stomach is called "Rahm"
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And it's called "Rahm" because that baby is taken care of in every way
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"Ar-Rahm" is-
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The child inside the "Rahm" of the mother is taken care of in every way
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Now there's a relationship between the mother and the child
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Does the child know the mother?
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No.
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Does the mother already know the child? Something about the-
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Does she already have love for the child?
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Does the child have love for the mother yet?
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No.
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Is the mother taking care of the child already?
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Yes! In every way.
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In every way!
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The entire world of the child is taken care of by the mother
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And the child has no idea
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No clue
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that he is loved so much
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that the mother is willing to do so much for this child
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and protect it from every danger
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protect it from every danger
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You know, the-
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Normally, human beings when they protect themselves
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When they protect themselves, we protect our head
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We protect our bodies
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But a mother, before she protects anything else, what will she protect?
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Her stomach, when she's expecting
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She's going to be extra careful not to walk in a narrow place
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or to stay away from corners at the table, you know?
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She's going to take extra caution
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That word gives birth to the word "Rahma"
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"Rahma" is not the same as "Mercy"
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Because "mercy" in English is used when you spare someone
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Like, for example, I was going to beat you up but I showed you mercy
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Which means you were expecting punishment
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And when I decided not to punish you, that means I showed you mercy
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Maybe a police officer stops you on the road
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The police man comes over to you
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"Hey! You don't know the speed limit?!"
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"No, I was reciting Surat Ar-Rahman, sorry, I just-"
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"OK, OK, I'll show you mercy, no ticket for you"
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I don't know if that's going to happen, don't try it
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But
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You were expecting punishment, yes?
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You were expecting a ticket
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and then you used the word m- "Oh, he showed me mercy"
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meaning "He let me go"
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In other words, in the English language, most of the time when we use the word "mercy"
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We're actually thinking about punishment
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And then the punishment went away and we thought about mercy
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But the word "Rahma" has nothing to do with punishment
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The word shouldn't even cross your mind, the thought shouldn't even cross your mind
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It has to do with complete care and love
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Someone who has compassion towards you
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Someone who wants to soft and easy with you
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Someone who wants to make things delicate for you
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They understand that you should be handled with care
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You know, there are people who deal with other people delicately, nicely
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And then there are people who are not very delicate, not very nice
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Sometimes you want to get a visa to some country and the person you have to deal with is not very nice
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They don't have "Riqqa" (softness, gentleness)
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But if they have "Rahma", they treat you with repsect
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They start with "Salaam"
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They say "I'll do everything I can to help you"
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And you can notice they care about you
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You're trying to do Hajj (pilgrimage) or something and they care about you
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You know?
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They're showing that "Riqqa" (gentleness), that's Rahma!
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When Allah calls Himself "Ar-Rahman", He is saying that He loves you
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He is saying that He cares for you
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He is saying that He understands that you are very delicate and you must be handled with care
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And Allah will take care of every matter that you have.
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