Shadowing Practice: Decoding Eman Ep.1 with Deya Elayyan & Ousama Alshurafa in Dunya Decoded - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So everybody's ultimately looking to be successful in this life.
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And the kalima itself, la ilaha illallah, it's the kalima of ikhlas, meaning it's the kalima of iman.
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So what I wanted to do with this episode is to actually break it down, decode it.
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Because the whole concept of dunya decoded is to really understand what we're doing here.
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Because ultimately we're here to be tested.
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What is that test and what does it begin with? begins with learning how to see, to understand clearly how to see.
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Dunya is based on mushahada.
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It's the world of perception.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, what does he say?
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He says, That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created us.
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He talks about creation.
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In surah al-insan, it's the surah of the human being.
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And then he breaks it down himself.
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He said we created you to test you.
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نبتليه Okay, what's the medium of the test?
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What's the platform?
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How are we going to be tested?
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فجعلناه سميعا بصيرا Meaning you're tested with what you see in this life, with what you hear in this life.
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Because this dunya is based on مشاهدة, perception, the آخرة is based on what?
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The unseen.
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And إيمان is always linked to غيب, the unseen.
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Those who believe in the unseen system of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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The majority of people, they're caught up with what?
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The zahir of the dunya, the outwardly manifest of this dunya.
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So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, what does he say?
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He says, They're heedless.
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They're absolutely ghafil or heedless from what's happening in the akhira, in the unseen system of Allah.
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What is Iman?
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Billahi, he's ghaib.
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Wa malaikatihi, they're ghaib.
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So we have to understand as part of this, all the arkan of Iman, to understand what this ghaib represents.
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So we say, Iman, one of the definitions is,
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تَكْذِيب النَّذَر وَتَصْدِيقِ الْخَبَرِ Whenever negating what you perceive and affirming what Allah tells you in the Quran,
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whenever what you see doesn't align with whatever Allah told you.
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Ya as-salam.
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Ya as-salam alaykum ya Usama.
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All right guys, that was a huge, amazing, beautiful intro for Decoding Iman.
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This is Daya Aliyan and this is Usama Ash-Shurafa.
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We are in Dunia Decoded podcast.
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We are here to decode this dunia.
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Each one of us Usama is trying to be successful.
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Absolutely.
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Each one of us really wants to know where does he stand in Iman?
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What's the level of Iman he's at?
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To know exactly where's the problem and fix it.
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So we are here to?
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Decode Iman.
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Decode it.
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We gotta decode this, Osama.
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We gotta decode it, Osama.
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Let's break it down.
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Let's do it.
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It's like you gotta hack it pretty much.
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We do, bro.
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And we're the hackers today.
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There would be a problem if somebody got up today after this podcast and he did not know where he exactly stands.
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So we want to make sure we know where we stand with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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Is that it?
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And I like the word decoded because it makes it feel like this dunya is encrypted.
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And you need the key, like the decryption key, right?
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And what is that?
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And it's very interesting that the kalima begins with negation.
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Whenever, you know, back in California or Canada, when someone would become Muslim and you'd give him the shahada,
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The first thing you tell him is say repeat after me and he repeats what does he repeat?
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Ash-hadu An la ilaha illallah Wa ash-hadu anna muhammadan Rasulullah you pretty much bitlaqnu you give him the kalima
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And he repeats it and he becomes a Muslim But
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if you really look at this kalima and how it begins it's very interesting
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Because it's like ash-hadu doesn't just mean to bear witness that Allah is one But ash-hadu also means to perceive
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Like when you bring witnesses in court What do you bring?
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Witnesses are gonna witness And what do you say?
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You say I bear witness That there is no God
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but Allah Okay beautiful But what's very interesting Is
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that the first part of the kalima has two parts It's la ilaha illallah
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But it's fascinating for me bro That it begins with negation Yani Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala What is he telling you?
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It started la ilaha Exactly
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Ash-had what you perceive It's not really happening from there You have to understand how to see
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and look at this world You can't just look at it with your sight You need insight
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Insight comes from the heart And the heart is the container I typically tell people there are three containers The mind,
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where you have information Mashallah, the stomach, where we We have too much food
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Who killed me with all the food we're eating during this trip It's amazing though, mashallah All this food, this is where it's at That's the container of food
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The heart is the container of noor And noor Noor You always have something beautiful, Usama, you say about noor in the Quran Yes,
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where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah al-shura
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He defines it for us Because we're talking about iman You want to decode iman?
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What is iman?
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People say, I need to increase my iman What does it mean to want to increase your iman?
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Allah says, He says So iman is what?
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Noor It's noor And what does noor allow you to do?
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It allows you to see But it's a different type of seeing A very different Ya Haritha
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كيف أصبحت يا حارثة Rasool Allah ﷺ is asking a sahabi How did you wake up this morning?
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What's your state today?
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قال أصبحت مؤمنا حقا يا رسول الله
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He says I woke up as a true believer with true iman Rasool Allah ﷺ what does he say?
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لِكُلِّ قَوْلٍ حَقِيقَةً فَمَا حَقِيقَةُ قَوْلِكَ What's the reality of what you're telling me?
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He's testing him.
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He wants to check in.
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And then Haritha says, عَزَفَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ الدُّنْيَا He says, I'm no longer interested that much in this dunya.
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He says, فَأَسْهَرْتُ لَيْلِي I'm awake at night in worship to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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وَأَذْمَأْتُ نَهَارِي And then, what is it?
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I'm spending my days fasting to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, totally consumed in his akhira.
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So then, what does he tell him?
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Very interesting.
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Here he says, وَكَأَنِّي أَنْضُرُ إِلَىٰ عَرْشِ رَبِّي بَارِزًا He says, and it's as if, this is very important,
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because you don't see the throne of Allah with your eyes.
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He says, وَكَأَنِّي أَنظُرُوا It's as if I'm seeing the throne of Allah manifest.
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وَأَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَزَاوَرُونَ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ يَتَعَاوُونَ He's seeing what with the nur of his heart,
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what's happening in Jannah, what's happening in Jahannam.
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What does Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi wasallam say?
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He says, رَجُلٌ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ قَلْبَهُ عَرَفْتَ فَلْزَمْ He says, أَبْصَرْتَ فَلْزَمْ In another narration he says,
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a man that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala put nur in his heart, you get it, you know this معرفة is correct,
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أَبْصَرْتَ now you can see, you're truly seeing with your heart, Arafta falzam Stick to this, be steadfast with this Wow
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Before we dive back in Let's take a second to reflect Because what's the point of understanding the dunya
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If we're not doing our part for the akhira Right now, across the world Millions are struggling Just to survive
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But there are people who refuse to look away Humanity is
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on the ground In over 25 countries Across 5 continents From Africa to Asia Delivering food, water and medical aid where it's most needed.
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From Gaza to Syria, Yemen and beyond.
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Families are enduring the unimaginable.
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But with your help, humanity is providing hope.
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And look, we know that trust matters when it comes to charity.
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That's why we've done our homework.
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We don't just raise our voices for anyone.
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We chose humanity because we trust them.
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They're out there, on the ground, doing the real work.
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Making sure every dollar goes exactly where it should.
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Be the blessing with humanity.
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Head to wearehumanity.org now.
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The link is in the description.
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Give your sadaqah, give your zakat.
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Be the reason someone's prayers are answered.
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So ultimately, this is it, man.
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The whole point is to work on myself
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to develop this iman in the heart and not get tricked with what I'm seeing through perception.
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Because Allah says, Allah has filters on this dunya.
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So it's a test from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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What's the test?
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Are you going to believe what you see with your eyes?
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Or are you going to believe what Allah tells you in the Quran?
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How lucky are you if you really know, if you have the basira,
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if you have the nur that could guide you and you could see what are you living for?
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How many of us right now, Usama, are living for the Akhira?
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How many of us are doing good deeds for the Akhira?
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Not in this dunya.
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We are not building anything for this dunya.
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How many?
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he says in the Quran, minkum, two categories.
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Minkum man yureedu al dunya wa minkum man yureedu al akhira.
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There are those that are chasing after what?
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Their desires.
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They want to fulfill the desires in this dunya.
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They're running after the dunya and there are those of you that are running after the Akhirah.
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The issue is if you're a slave to your desires in this dunya by being free, bro, I'm free.
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I've got freedom.
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I can do whatever I want.
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No limits.
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Liberty and freedom for all.
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Okay, great.
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But the problem is if you're free here, you're going to be a slave in Akhirah.
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And the opposite.
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And the opposite.
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If you're a slave to Allah's commands here, you're going to be free in Jannah, in Akhirah.
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Wow.
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But I wanted to, there's a very important point here.
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Look at how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala teaches Musa not to rely on his senses.
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He says you can't rely on those.
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So he says, وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ So Musa alayhi salam, what does he say?
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He says, It's, قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَا It's my staff.
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أَتَوَكَّعُ عَلَيْهَا Meaning I lean on it.
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It's a means of استعانة.
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It aids me.
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It helps me.
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And in the Quran, what do you say?
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You say, إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين Every day we're lying to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala We're saying, only on you we rely
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But we're always asking from makhluk With the heart There's no issue to ask from makhluk With your tongue
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If your heart's connected to Allah But we see the current condition of the ummah Unfortunately,
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we need a lot of work So then he says وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي Meaning, it's a means of my sustenance Okay,
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so it provides for me وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَى And I've got many benefits in it Okay, now here's the lesson That's what you see, O Musa?
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That's what I see He says, قَالَ أَلْقِهَا He says, now drop it He wants to remove that from the heart of what?
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From the heart of Musa, alayhi salam فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَّ حَيَّةُ تَسْعَى All of a sudden,
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Allah completely switches up all the attributes First it was his, now he wants nothing to do with it Right?
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He's scared of the snake Secondly, he says it's a means He says for help, for aiding me Now, typically, you don't seek help from a snake Right?
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Because he sees harm in the snake
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So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala switches up all the attributes to teach him
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And Musa gets scared But then he calls him back
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And he says He says grab it and don't fear Don't be scared What is he teaching him?
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He's showing that the true nafi' is Allah, based on that iman.
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Okay, nice.
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So when the iman is now rectified, now Musa, he's teaching him that, no, no, no, no, benefit is not from the staff.
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I am the nafi'.
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Ultimately, you have to look beyond the means.
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Right, absolutely.
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So this is an important perception to teach, or important lesson, to teach Musa that you can't rely on what you see.
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Nice.
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Before setting the qibla of your salah, you've got to set the qibla of your heart.
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The heart has to be first directed towards Allah.
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And that is why Allah sent the Prophet ﷺ not to change the conditions of the people directly. To change.
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But to work and change their hearts so that there is a shift from yaqeen on makhluk to yaqeen on khaliq. On khaliq.
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Beautiful.
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Another story said, Usama, how people always believe in others more than in God, or they lean on people in dunya.
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Let's say somebody needs money, and he goes to ask somebody, another person.
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Okay.
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If the guy tells him, I got you the money, or if the guy literally told him, okay, just give me one minute, I'm going to get you the money from Mo.
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So and so.
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He'll feel comfortable.
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Oh, good.
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He's going to make a phone call to Mo.
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We're good.
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What if he told him, why don't you ask Allah?
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He's gonna think, he's gonna be like, bro, I need the money now.
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Do you have it or no?
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The guy's gonna be like, right?
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The guy's gonna be like, ask Allah, pray at night, and have your heart completely with Allah and ask what do you want from Allah.
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There was this thing with Pavlov's dog, a Russian that made an experiment.
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Every time he'd put food in front of the dog, the dog would start to drool and eat.
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So he wanted to test something.
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What he did is he would ring a bell and then put the food in front of the dog.
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The dog would eat.
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He would drool and eat.
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He'd ring the bell, then put the food.
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He would drool and eat.
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Until one time, he rang the bell and he didn't put the food.
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What do you think happened to the dog?
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He drooled.
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Because he was conditioned to believe.
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He linked the sound of the bell with the appearance of the food.
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That's what he was conditioned to believe.
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So likewise, most of because we see with our eyes the effect of asbab.
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Man, look, when I have money, my problem is solved.
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When I don't have money my problem is not solved
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so his heart so when he goes to
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that person he says you know somebody he says do you
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know somebody he says yes I know the one Allah subhanahu ta'ala
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but then he's like okay okay that's great bro
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but do you really know he's like bro I know I'm
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gonna pray don't worry about this he put it on a
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side it's like okay I'm gonna pray for sure I'm gonna ask Allah
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but right now I need someone to give me the money now absolutely it's Allah you go ask a nas
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while you have Rabbin Nas that's where we have I think
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that's a good scale to measure your Iman in these beautiful
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in these points in these times of your life that's where
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you can test your Iman where does the heart turn yes
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where does it go first probably at the time of need yes
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and especially the dire need right because the The issue is Allah says in the Quran, what does he say?
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He says, Someone, Allah says, Allah created this human being weak.
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Anybody that's weak has needs, no?
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Okay, so the minute you have a need, Allah, does he look at you or does he look in your heart?
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Your heart.
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So the minute you have a need, he's interested, not that you're gonna take the asbab.
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Allah wants you to utilize the means.
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He just doesn't want you to rely on the means.
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So now he's checking your heart.
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Where is it turning the minute he gets hungry?
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Where is the going?
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Yes.
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The minute you have a major problem in your life, does your heart first turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
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And then taking the means is no problem.
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So that's a good litmus test.
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I like to tell people, the next time you're sick, see if your heart first turns to medicine or to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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Wow.
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Musa alayhis salaam.
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He came to Allah, he says, he says, yeah, Allah, I'm sick.
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So Allah tells him, go, there's this leaf.
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eat from this leaf.
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So Musa goes eats from the leaf he gets better.
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After some time Musa gets sick again.
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So this time Musa what does he do naturally?
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He goes back to the same leaf.
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He consumes the leaf but this time he didn't get better.
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He didn't go back to Allah first.
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So he went to Allah
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and he asked him he says Ya Allah he said the first time
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when you got sick you came to me and then so I cured you through that leaf.
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He said but the second time you went to the sebab directly.
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I left you and the means on your own.
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The means are dead without Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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People think they get full because of food.
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People think exactly what you said.
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People think they cure because of medicine.
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People think they're not thirsty no more because of water.
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Absolutely.
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And that's an issue.
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I remember every time my son would get sick, my wife would call me, did you get Tylenol?
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You know, we need some Tylenol.
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He's sick.
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I said, did you pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
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The first thing we need to do the minute some issue happens
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Because our children are so close to our hearts So it's a good test
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You know the minute your son or your daughter gets sick It's like I'm ready to do anything But what's faster?
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Calling 911 or calling Allah?
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Allah أَمَّن يُجِيبُ الْمُطَّرَّ إِذَا دَعَى
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It is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala The one
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that is desperate Allah says I cannot I'm not saying don't call for help Don't call for 911
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But before you do anything it doesn't even take a second.
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Ya Allah, this is a test from you to see where my heart is going to turn.
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Ya Allah, look at Sulaiman alayhis salam.
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What busied him from the dhikr of Allah, from remembering the prayer?
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He was looking at his horses, he was looking at them, some people say they were like unicorns flying around and he was mesmerized by them.
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So he was distracted by them from the command of Allah.
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We don't wanna be distracted at all.
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So the test is every time you're hungry, train yourself to first set your qibla, the heart qibla, the compass to Allah,
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then go towards the food.
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Who satiates hunger? Who?
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Allah.
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Allah.
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Who quenches thirst?
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Allah.
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Allah. Who cures?
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Allah.
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وَإِذَا مَرِدْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِيمُ Not in the medicine.
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Wow.
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Beautifully said.
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Wallahi, I'm so happy.
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I know I'm the second half of you in this podcast.
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I love it, man.
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I love to listen to you a thousand times.
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Okay, Osama, a lot of people needs to know how to strength their Iman, where they stand in their Iman.
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What's the effort they need to put in Iman?
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Absolutely, and it requires an effort because Allah says, those who struggle in us,
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meaning in our commands, we will guide them our ways.
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Why the command?
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Because when Allah's command comes, sometimes it doesn't align with your desires.
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So there's a struggle to go from Hawa to Huda, to do whatever I want, to do whatever Allah wants.
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To do that, your Iman has to be lit.
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It has to be stronger.
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So it's a great question.
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How is it that we increase this Iman?
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So, and the Sahaba said, Ta'alamna al-Iman.
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So Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, for 13 years in Mecca, all the verses in the Quran are about what?
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There's no ahkam in the Quran.
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Pray, fast, zakah, hajj, all that came in the Medina era, most of it.
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But it was all focused on the greatness of Allah, on the unseen help of Allah, on the stories of the prophets to do what to the sahaba?
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To increase that iman.
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This was the key.
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So now how do we do it?
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Look, what does the adhan start with?
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Allahu Akbar.
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Beautiful.
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Four times.
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Yes.
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Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
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And then it's repeated.
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Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
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Four times we're saying Allah is greater.
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Allah is greater.
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And now, أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله.
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Now we're saying the kalima.
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The kalima of iman.
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It's as if Allah, what is he telling you?
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He says, until I become great in your heart, the kalima won't take its proper effect in your heart.
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So now, okay.
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So بدك تكبر.
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You want to glorify Allah.
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You want to talk about the greatness of Allah and the insignificance of makhluk with your tongue.
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Ya ayyuhal muddathir, qum fa'anzir.
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How ya Allah, what should I tell the people?
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Wa rabbaka fakabbir.
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Glorify your Lord.
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That's the whole point.
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Okay, so now you go out with people, you talk about the greatness of Allah, what happens?
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Now Allah becomes great in your heart, iman becomes solid.
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After this kalima becomes solid, the kalima la ilaha illallah becomes solid, now you're always returning to Allah.
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First, what we call inaba.
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You're always like, always going back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and everything.
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Why?
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Because you know that he's the controller of everything.
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So now, if you're always turning back to Allah in everything that's happening in your life, your iman is going to increase.
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I seeked happiness in this life after my inaba reversing back to Allah was in its peak.
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Subhanallah.
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That's where literally the most happiness, the most peace I ever felt, Allah, it's whatever happens, even stuff I used to look at before,
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I wasn't like, I didn't take it back to Allah, it's because of Allah, this is happening because of Allah.
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I used to take of asbab first.
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The asbab used to make life very bad in my eyes.
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Okay.
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When I start to look at it, it's by Allah.
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Take it back to Allah, where it started, where the main reason came from, where the main amr came from, I started enjoying it.
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SubhanAllah.
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It's different.
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But what did you notice?
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When your iman would increase, did you feel more motivated to do good deeds?
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That's how I look at it.
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Iman, deeds, results.
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These are directly connected together.
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Directly.
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Subhanallah.
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Iman, deeds, results.
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Me in the past, I used to make some music videos.
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Don't tell nobody.
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Allah mustahha.
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Only you guys.
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Wallahi, my Iman increased.
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What good deed I made is I stopped doing music.
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After I stopped doing music, the results of life became beautiful.
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Subhanallah.
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Me, I started it by the Iman.
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My Iman increased.
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I stopped this.
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This changed.
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But whatever changes first, even if right now the results are not the happiest that you need in life, check your deeds.
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What are you doing wrong?
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What are you doing right?
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If you're doing great here, check your deeds.
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You're doing something absolutely God loves.
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SubhanAllah.
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And then if you go back a little bit, you'll realize that your Iman is starting to increase.
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So it's beautiful, man.
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You can know where you fall.
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If your results right now, you're listening to us.
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The results in your life right now is that it's worst, check your deeds, check your Iman.
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If you don't want to check your deeds, check your Iman.
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If you don't want to check your Iman, check your deeds.
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What's going on?
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What are you doing right or wrong?
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Where am I dropping the ball?
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And that's where you know you're falling.
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And that's how it affected me.
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And that's how I realized, alhamdulillah, my Iman, I feel it's good.
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I'm still working on it.
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It's not perfect.
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The deeds, I'm doing both good and bad, but I'm focusing on the good deeds.
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SubhanAllah.
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I'm trying to decrease the bad deeds.
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Bro, it's a verse in the Quran.
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وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى So here what's interesting,
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وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي Whoever turns his back on my, ذكر here what I heard from the mashayikh means obedience.
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يعني من أعرض عن طاعة Whoever turns his back to my obedience, he begins disobeying me فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا Some of the scholars they said,
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A bankah is a very depressed life.
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A bank, yes.
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Yeah, depressed, problem after problem.
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And you're wondering, then people go, why is my life such a mess?
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Another thing we used to hear from the Mashayikh, salahul ahwali bi salah al-a'mal wa salahul ahmali bi salah al-yaqeen.
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So when we fix our iman and the iman increases,
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you're going to feel motivated to do the a'mal that's going to fix your akhira.
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You're going to become more Akhira oriented Than dunya Than dunya
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And when this happens now Your deeds are rectified They're proper تَصْعُدُ الْأَعْمَالِ وَتَتَنَزَّلِ الْأَحْوَالِ Good deeds uploaded
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Equals good situations downloaded From Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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Bad deeds uploaded Equals difficult and challenging situations
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But get this It's not so much always a punishment From Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala It's never a punishment Well, it might be.
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I'm sorry about that.
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No, no, no. It might be a punishment.
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No, it's okay.
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It could be a punishment.
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I'll tell you why.
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Because if you have closed the door on Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and you don't have that guilt feeling,
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your nafs is not the nafs where it's like whenever I do bad, I feel guilty, but I continue to do the bad.
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You're good.
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It's when you have that nafs You're just constantly going, you don't care, whatever man, I do whatever I do.
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Most of us are in that state of lawama, we're going back and forth.
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The reason Allah is sending you these difficult situations is he wants to, it's like Allah going, didda.
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It's like Allah is slapping you on your hand, be like, wake up, man.
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Come on, man.
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Come on, man.
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Come on, man.
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Come on, man.
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Please, man.
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Fix yourself here.
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I'm trying.
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There's a saying for Ibn Atah, close meaning to the effect, who doesn't come to Allah willingly out of his sheer blessings and mercy,
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then Allah will drag him towards him with the chains of tribulation, with the tests of this dunya.
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So Allah will create such situations like, why do I have all these problems?
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He wants you back.
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Yes.
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Allah, you feel constricted.
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Problems after problems after problems challenges, issues in your life.
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Why?
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Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants to bring you back.
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The whole point is when you make an effort on that iman through talking about Allah, glorifying Allah, reading the Quran,
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increasing in your dhikr, then your iman increases, then your deeds are rectified, then the situations and conditions in your life are set.
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Usama, is there something in the Quran that relates to if we do better, we'll have better results?
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Absolutely.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he says,
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If you do good, if you fix your deeds,
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you're going to have a good life.
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But there's another verse about barakat.
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All of a sudden, it's exactly what you said.
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When you stopped making the music, you found so many, like your life got so much better.
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Did you find that there were new sort of opportunities in your life?
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Things opened up for you?
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Things are a lot easier?
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That's the B factor, the Barakah factor.
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Usama, give me the formula of increasing Iman.
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So everybody right now listening and watching could start on it right now.
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Beautiful.
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إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling the Prophet ﷺ
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that you have a lot of work to do in the daytime of da'wah.
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So that's the secret.
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Talk about the name of your Lord.
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And don't mention anybody else.
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That's what I bet.
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Because whatever you talk about spreads.
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Whatever you talk about, if you're always talking about Allah.
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And then Allah tells you what to say.
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The ayah right after it.
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He's teaching the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam what to do and this is the formula.
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Talk about the greatness of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
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Glorify Allah.
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The kalima of Tawheed becomes solid.
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You begin to always return to Allah in everything that you do and see.
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Your iman increases.
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Your deeds become rectified.
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the conditions in your life become good.
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Iman, deported.
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Yes, you nailed it!
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You nailed it!
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Alhamdulillah.
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Thank you.
Why This Video Is Great for English Speaking Practice
If you’re looking to learn English with videos, this clip from *Decoding Eman* is a goldmine. The conversation between Deya Elayyan and Ousama Alshurafa flows naturally, mixing casual phrases with deeper ideas—perfect for building both fluency and vocabulary. The pace is steady, not too fast, making it ideal for shadow speak (repeating aloud as you listen) and IELTS speaking practice. You’ll hear real-world intonation, pauses, and emphasis, which are key to sounding natural in English.
Breaking Down Natural Speech: 3 Key Phrases
Let’s look at how the speakers use everyday language to convey complex thoughts:
- “Everybody's ultimately looking to be successful in this life.” The word “ultimately” softens the statement, making it relatable. Native speakers often use such adverbs to avoid sounding too direct, a trick that works well in IELTS speaking practice.
- “We gotta decode this, Osama.” “Gotta” is a casual contraction of “got to,” common in spoken English. It adds warmth and urgency, showing how informal language can strengthen connection—useful for shadow speech practice.
- “What's the level of Iman he's at?” The phrase “he's at” is a natural way to ask about someone’s current state. Instead of saying “What level is his Iman?”, this structure sounds conversational, a pattern you can mimic in your own speaking.
A Simple Shadowing Routine for This Clip
To practice, try this shadow speak loop: 1. Watch the video once to understand the main ideas. 2. Play a 5-second segment, pause, and repeat it aloud, matching the tone and pace. 3. Record yourself, then compare it to the original—notice where your intonation or stress differs. 4. Do this for 10 minutes daily. This routine builds muscle memory for natural speech, which is crucial for English speaking practice and IELTS prep. Over time, you’ll find yourself using phrases like “ultimately” or “gotta” without thinking!
Whether you’re prepping for IELTS or just want to sound more like a native, this video offers practical, real-life language. Start shadowing today, and watch your fluency grow.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.