57: Atonement – why Muslims don’t believe in this?

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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all.

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In today’s episode, we will be discussing why Muslims do not believe in the concept of atonement.

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To understand this, we will look at verses from the Holy Qur’an as well as the Holy Bible.

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La ilaha illallah,

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لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُلَّهُ كُهُوًا أَحَدٌ The translation for

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the verses I have just recited.

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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.

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Say He is Allah the One, Allah the Independent and Besought of All.

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He begets not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him.

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So this is basically one of the most basic verses of the Holy Quran,

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one of the foundational verses of the Holy Quran.

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Prophet peace be upon him referring

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to this in one place said that this is one third of the Holy Quran.

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Meaning that what’s taught in this chapter is so important that it is,

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you know, basically it covers what rest of the Holy Quran says in at least one

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third of it, meaning the God Almighty,

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who he is, It explains regarding him so well, so beautifully that it can be

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called in a way summary of the Holy Quran.

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Now, the reason I have read this is because the concept of atonement,

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when we speak about the concept of atonement in Islamic theology,

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the reason we don’t accept it is because we feel, we believe,

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we know that it stems from lack of understanding of God Almighty.

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If you have belief in almighty as

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it is described as it is mentioned in the holy quran the

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the concept of atonement cannot be accepted

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but now in today in my presentation i won’t just be talking about the holy quran

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because that is what we as muslims hold you know as our scripture but i would

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be mentioning verses from the holy bible to show that the god presented god

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almighty as presented in the Bible,

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Old Testament as well as the New Testament, speak against atonement.

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It rejects the concept of atonement. Atonement is something that was not necessarily

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taught by Jesus, peace be upon him, was not taught by Jesus,

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peace be upon him, or anyone before that, but rather it is a misunderstanding

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that has been established as part of theology.

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Otherwise, it is a belief which goes against many, many verses in the Bible,

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many teachings of the Bible.

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So now let’s just take a look at it the idea of atonement where does it come

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from it is basically coming from the idea,

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that god almighty god sent his only son to this world that son son of god incarnated as.

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You know, as a human in the womb of Mary.

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And she and her husband raised Joseph, the carpenter, raised that child.

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And that child was raised just as like any other child in that society,

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meaning just like an ordinary child.

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He spent his time from being baby to growing up to getting older.

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He spent that time in this world. And eventually, when he reached a certain

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age, he was put on the the cross.

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He was put on the cross to atone for the sins of mankind.

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He was put on the cross so that he can atone for the sins or the sins of mankind

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can be forgiven because of the sacrifice that Jesus, peace be upon him, made.

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And then once he died, he remained, he descended into hell and he stayed there for three days.

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He stayed in hell, Jesus, peace be upon him, stayed in

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hell for three days and then after that basically you

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know it washed away the sins of mankind and also

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the inherent sin that had been inherited by

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mankind from the time of prophet adam and and his wife eve so basically it is

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understood that jesus prophet adam and his wife eve when they committed that

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sin of disobedience of god almighty because of that sin that mistake that is mentioned in the Bible,

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they were punished, that these punishments would stay with you for a very long time.

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And to remove that sin, now someone basically, you know, had to pay for those

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crimes, their crimes as well as the crimes of humanity.

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So for this reason, God Almighty sent his son that because he could not forgive the sins of mankind.

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He did not have that in his capacity to forgive them because he He is a just

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God. When a crime is committed, he must punish for that.

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So for that reason, God Almighty sent his only son, killed his own son,

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and that paid for the crimes of humanity and paid for the inherent sin as well,

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the sin that was inherited.

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Now, this is the basic philosophy of atonement.

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That is why they believe, it is believed that those who believe in this concept

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can benefit from the concept of atonement and they can have their sins atoned.

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Meaning then once you have this belief, then your sins can be forgiven.

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If you don’t have this belief, regardless of how pious or righteous you may

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be, you cannot enter paradise.

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And there are various books written on this topic that explain that many other

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people, But, you know, you can go into the purgatory, but you cannot.

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But all other people would go into hell unless they believe in this concept.

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And this concept, because the way it is presented, the way it is believed,

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it sometimes gives free hand to people that because we may have this belief,

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now we can do whatever we want.

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There’s a church just down, you know, in Spanish town that says in very big

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words, and I always read it every time passing by and it amazes me.

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It says something along the lines that sin is

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expensive who is paying for yours meaning that

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sin is expensive if you have done sin or you’re sinning it

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is an expensive thing who is paying for your sins meaning

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if you don’t believe in jesus nobody is paying for your sins if you believe

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in jesus then your sins are being paid for so this is the type of concept that

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when you when when you sell it with this type of idea it kind of gives this

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notion to people to mankind that that they can do whatever they want because

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they know that their sins,

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their crimes, their mistakes are paid for already.

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So this is the concept of atonement where it comes from.

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But the idea that is that people committed crime, people commit crimes and Prophet

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Adam and Eve, according to the Bible, committed sin as well.

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And those sins needed to be paid for because God is a just God.

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He has to observe justice in all circumstances and all situations.

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So therefore, he has to punish somebody.

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Now, this is the concept of atonement. Now, when we look at Islamic,

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from Islamic point of view, let me touch this from Islamic point of view briefly.

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Does Islam promote that what, you know, that God is just, so much just that

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his justice supersedes his forgiveness, his mercy, his compassion,

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or his mercy and compassion supersede his justice, right?

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Justice is something that God is just. God observes justice.

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But then at the same time, God Almighty, what the Holy Quran teaches,

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as I read in the very first verse.

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This is who God is. God Almighty is the gracious and the merciful.

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This is what the Holy Quran tells us. And then in chapter 39,

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verse 53 of the Holy Quran, God gives even stronger,

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you know, you can say that hope, that Allah

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says O Prophet tell the people

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tell my people that all my servants who have exceeded the

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limits against their souls who have committed so

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many sins do not lose hope in the

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mercy of Allah for Allah certainly forgives all

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sins he is indeed all forgiving and most

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merciful so this is the concept taught

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in the Holy Quran that God Almighty is

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forgiving he is merciful that doesn’t mean

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that you commit all the sins you want but what that does

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tell us is that if you are repentant if you are willing to make a change if

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you are trying to reform yourself that alone can draw the mercy and and forgiveness

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of allah almighty and now this is what i said from the holy quran but the holy

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quran is not the only book that teaches this this concept of atonement comes.

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From the bible right and now in the bible we also see

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that the god promoted preached taught by

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the prophets in the bible is very similar to

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the teachings given in the holy quran god almighty that is

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taught in the bible is as forgiving because it

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is the same being who has been revealing to all the prophets from

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the time of adam to prophet muhammad peace be upon him including prophet

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jesus moses and prophet noah and all

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of them peace be upon them all now you look at the second in

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chronicles verse chapter 7 verse 14

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it talks about this concept of forgiveness it says

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if my people which are

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called by my name shall humble themselves

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and pray and seek praise and

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turn from their wicked ways then will i

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hear from heaven and will forgive

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their sins and will heal their land

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you see now again in in a very simple terms

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god almighty says that if you are

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willing to change ways not that you have to believe in such.

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In any concept no as long as you’re willing

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to change your ways and you’re ready to beg

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before god almighty for forgiveness what does god

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say will forgive their sins god will

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forgive their sins this is the teaching given that this

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you don’t need for somebody else to pay

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for your sins you can seek forgiveness because i am not just a

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just god my forgiveness and mercy supersedes

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that right if i choose to forgive you still even

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after you have committed mistakes i have that authority because i

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am the master i am the forgiver i’m

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the compassionate right now another verse from the gospel of matthew now take

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a look at this one this is this is chapter 12 verse 31 it says therefore i say

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unto you all manner of sin and and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men.

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But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

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Now again, there’s no concept of saying that you believe in this or that.

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It says that all sins can be forgiven.

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Whatever sin, like I mean eating an apple or whatever it is,

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all those sins can be forgiven.

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Many major sins can be forgiven as well if we have repented and seek forgiveness with humility.

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Because God is a compassionate God. He’s a loving God. God.

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If we say that God loves us so much, but he’s not ready to forgive us,

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he must punish us. How can that be a loving God?

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We have our children that we raise, you know, and we love them dearly,

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our own children, we love them, right?

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If we punish every single mistake that our children make, who would consider

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us, who would call us compassionate and forgiving parents?

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Nobody what he would because compassion and

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forgiveness means that somebody makes a mistake and

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you forgive them if nobody makes a mistake if

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you are saying that every crime is punished for how are

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you observing your your forgiveness forgiveness is

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is is god we have this forgiveness in us

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and god almighty whom you know we’ve been created in

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the image of god if we have this it means that

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god must possess this this beautiful attribute of

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forgiveness in much greater you know in a

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much greater strength or in much greater capacity if i

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were to elaborate on it from islamic point of view i would

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go into depth to explain that but because this is

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i want us to focus on the concept of atonement especially understanding it from

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the biblical point of view so that everybody can understand that why as muslims

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this concept is not something that is acceptable to muslims in terms of the

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holy quran and and also in light of the scripture in light of the Bible as well.

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So, Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, and earlier scriptures and other books

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in the Bible all speak to this fact that God is a forgiving God.

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If you are repentant, if you beg before God, if you turn to God,

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God would forgive. That is what it is.

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Now, let’s look at this idea that in atonement, it is believed that I commit

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sins and somebody else pays for my crimes.

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We are talking about a just God, right? We’re talking about a just God.

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If we say that God Almighty is just, would it be just that I commit the sin,

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but a friend of mine or a brother of mine or a child of mine or my father is punished for my crimes?

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Would that be justice in any sense in

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any way nobody nobody in their

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right mind would say that this is justice if the idea

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the concept is based on justice then we have to see that even justice is not

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really present in this teaching in this concept because justice would mean that

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the person who commits the crime is punished not somebody else because that

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is what we learn from the bible that the one who does the crime is the one who is punished.

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In Deuteronomy chapter 24 verse 16, it says that parents are not to be put to

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death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents.

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I don’t think it could be any clearer. If a son and a father cannot exchange

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their crimes and somebody else be punished, then how can it be that someone

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else does the crimes and a totally stranger is punished for that.

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That’s not, this is against justice. This is against mercy and compassion of God Almighty.

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And this is against the scriptures that totally don’t allow somebody else to

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be punished for someone else’s crimes.

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How would you feel if, you know, God forbid, somebody comes and attacks you,

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hurts you, and instead of that person being punished, somebody else is being punished.

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You would say that the justice is served? No, you wouldn’t.

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One person does commit sin, murder, so many other foul sins that are out there.

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They commit those things. They entertain themselves with those things.

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They enjoy the pleasures of the world.

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And later on, somebody else is thrown into hell.

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A noble prophet of God is thrown into hell for their crimes.

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Bible does not allow that. And so doesn’t the Holy Quran doesn’t allow that either.

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Allah says in the Holy Quran that no one bears the burden of another.

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The one who commits the sin if anyone is to be punished and he is to be punished

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or if Allah chooses to forgive him because he repents that person repents he

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or she repents then that is up to God Almighty,

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because God Almighty is a merciful and loving God if

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God sees that so and so is reforming themselves then God

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would forgive them then Ezekiel chapter 18 verse 20 it states the one who sins

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is the one who will die I’m not quoting this from the Holy Quran I’m quoting

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this from the Bible Look where the concept of atonement stands When you compare it with these verses,

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It says in Ezekiel That the one who sins is the one who will die The child will

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not share the guilt of the parent Nor will the parent share the guilt of the child.

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The righteousness of the righteous Will be credited

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to them And the wickedness of the wicked Will

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be charged against them bible was speaking

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against the concept of atonement much

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before the time of jesus peace be upon him this was not something that was ever

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mentioned taught promoted preached by by prophets because otherwise the people

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would have then and even now would say that somebody is going to die or somebody

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in the past has already died for our sins so i have an open account i can do whatever i want.

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Especially when he has suffered in hell already What else is there now?

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Now, when this concept, again, it’s a foreign concept to the Bible,

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to the teachings of the Bible, to the teachings of God Almighty in any scripture of the world.

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Now, this is, again, one point that when you look at it, that the one who sins

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is the one who suffers. This is the concept Bible gives.

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Bible does not allow for son of God, God to break his own rule that nobody else

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can be punished for someone else’s crimes.

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Then he goes and punishes his own son for someone else’s crimes. that’s

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not how it works now another

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thing to consider is that it is believed that the sin was

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inherited right the sin was inherited from

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the time of adam into mankind into humanity as

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muslims we believe that children are born innocent children

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are born innocent with a clean record and they’ve

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not done anything because they’re yet to learn right in

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the in the sayings of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him he

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said that a child is born in a

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natural state in the state you know closest

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to Allah the Almighty and then his parents

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his surroundings environments either make him a Muslim or

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a Christian or a Jew or anything else a child

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is born innocent does not inherit sin and according

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to Islam but in the in the Bible this is

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believed that the sin was inherited now look at

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that now it is believed that okay so that sin was

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inherited from the the time of Adam roughly about 5,000

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years later Jesus peace be upon him is

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born right again please keep in

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mind that as Muslims we believe in Jesus we respect Jesus we love Jesus but

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we do not believe in some of the ideologies or theologies of Christianity we

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believe him to be a noble prophet of God a man of God a human man of God an

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example a role model for mankind and.

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And one who showed that how you should worship God, how you should live and serve humanity.

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You know, all these things, because that’s what prophets do, all of them, right?

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He’s not an exception in that. All of them do that. That’s what prophets are sent to this world for.

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Now, we know that because of that, you know, mistake, that sin,

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that as the Bible states, that Adam and Eve committed, some punishments were set fixed upon mankind.

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Kind now if we are to accept now

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let’s look at what those punishments are actually in genesis chapter

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3 verse 16 it states unto the

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woman he said in sorrow thou shalt

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bring forth children i will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception and

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thy desire shall be thy husband and he shall rule thee now this is the punishment

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that one of the punishments that was given and to To man also a punishment was given, snake,

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serpent was also given a punishment.

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Now, if we consider for one moment that atonement of Jesus, peace be upon him,

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that he died for the sins of mankind,

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especially to remove that inherent sin, then we would have to see if that punishment

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that was connected with mankind, has it been removed?

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Do when women bear children do they

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not go through the labor pain anymore the

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man even women the man does not

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have to go out every day

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and toil and work hard to make

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a living now he can just sit at home as you

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know it is stated in the theology that in the garden

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everything was provided but they didn’t have to do anything has that

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period come let us say that because

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not everybody believes in the concept of atonement

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that’s why these people are still suffering but there

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is a good amount of people that do believe in this

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concept there should at least be a few people

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that believe in it with such strength that nobody can say anything

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about them they don’t have any of those pains at all like

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and it would have been in the era before the original sin

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no the fourth

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khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community he writes about this he says that

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when nothing has changed that means nothing has changed even after him giving

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his life atoning for the sins then if nothing has changed if this is the same

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world that means that either his sacrifice was meaningless and.

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We as Muslims do not believe that his sacrifices, his suffering that he went

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through was meaningless, but this was not the purpose of his suffering.

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All prophets suffer for because they preach the message of God,

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people rise up against them and God rewards them for their suffering because

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people look towards them and their suffering brings good results,

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meaning they form a strong community around them that realize that this man

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can bear this pain because God is behind him.

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God is with him. this is the sacrifices that they make and they bring fruits

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a spiritual a religious a pious community is founded because of those sacrifices

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not a sinful community one that would think that now he has died i can do whatever

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i want that would never be the teaching of any.

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Prophet that would never be the teaching of god almighty now let’s move the

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discussion into one one other point.

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You know, this discussion is a very long discussion, but I don’t want to make

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it too long. I’m going to end it after this point.

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It is a little lengthy point, but I will end it after this one so that we understand

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this and fully basically internalize these points and understand them,

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that atonement is a concept that is foreign to Bible,

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that is foreign to the Holy Quran in the sense that the entire scripture scripture Bible,

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it completely negates it.

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There are some verses in the Bible, particularly in the statements of Paul,

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who was not a believer in time of Jesus, peace be upon him.

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We find some references to this, but generally, Bible speaks against this concept of atonement.

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Now, let’s look at the concept.

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You know, we say, if we say that, okay, Jesus, peace be upon him,

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came for atonement. The main purpose of his coming was that mankind was into,

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you know, had committed a lot of sins or they had inherited that sin.

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So God Almighty sent his only son for the sins to be forgiven. Now, if that was true.

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If that was the mission of Jesus, peace be upon him, we should look at,

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was Jesus, peace be upon him, willing to be sacrificed, slaughtered, crucified?

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Or was he trying to avoid it? Just like any human would try to look out after

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their life, try to protect themselves.

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Nothing wrong with that. But this is what we need to see in Prophet Jesus,

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peace be upon him, that was he willing to be sacrificed?

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Sacrifice now you you know

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very popular words very well-known words from the gospel of

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matthew chapter 26 verse 39 when he’s praying in the garden at gethsemane what

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does he say he says jesus peace be upon him praise he says my father if it is

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possible may this cup be taken from me yet not as I will but as you will.

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Here he separates himself from God

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Almighty he says I am not God because you

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know sometimes again this is a different discussion in Trinity it is believed

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that all the three have the same power as well in some way he leaves his power

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everything to God Almighty the Father that I have nothing it’s not my will it’s

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your will right he leaves it to God Almighty and then he says if this punishment if this

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trouble if this crucifixion this pain this suffering can

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be removed from me please remove this from me

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i am willing to do whatever you ask me to

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do but if it is possible remove

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this from me i am willing to die for you not not so too i can atone those sins

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if that was the purpose that was that’s what god had sent him for or he had

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himself come into this world for he would have gone willingly and said that

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here crucify me slaughter me but that he did not do that right but what is he praying to God?

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He’s praying to God, O God, if you can remove this cup from me,

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if you can remove this trial and this tribulation from me, that is what he was asking for.

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in the Gospel of Matthew 27, chapter 27, verse 46, Jesus, peace be upon him,

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is quoted saying, saying.

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My Lord, my Lord, my Allah, my Allah, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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I have prayed and prayed and prayed to you, basically. This is what Jesus is

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imploring. I have prayed to you.

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And I’ve done everything that you say, but here I am hanging on the cross.

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Looks like you want me to die.

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He, if that were his mission, he would have probably been asking that,

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you know, I’m here, like, let me die, no problem.

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But he’s even at that moment, he’s imploring God that why has thou forsaken

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me? What am I doing on the cross?

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He was, this is, as any human, he didn’t want to die.

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But if that were his mission, if his mission was to die so the sins of the mankind could be atoned for,

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then he would should have gone willingly onto that

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cross but he did not do that you know when

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you you read about the story of prophet abraham he said

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to his son that god has revealed to me that i should slaughter

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you and he said all right

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if that is the command then here i am the father took

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the the knife the sword or the knife and took him

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up where they were to be where he was to slaughter him

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and he was already laying down there was not a complaint coming

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from the mouth of you know his son prophet ishmael or

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at all that go ahead if it is the will of god then let it be and then god almighty

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changed it up right said that no don’t kill the son slaughter the sheep instead

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or the you know the ram whatever some of the animal instead but his willingness

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compared that to to the willingness of Jesus here.

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Because if his mission was also that God Almighty has revealed that you should

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die, this is the mission of God, this is the mission of Jesus himself as well,

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then he should have gone willingly.

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But his willingness is seen to be far less than that of Prophet Ishmael or son of Prophet Abraham.

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This goes to show that if that were the mission, believe me,

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he would have gone willingly. He would have.

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But because that was not the mission, he was not going.

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Sometimes, you know, sometimes when you present this to someone who believes

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in the concept of atonement, they might say that Jesus had two sides,

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a human side and a God side.

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And then at that time, his human side was kicking in.

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Or, you know, something along these lines. If that were to be true,

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still, Jesus as a human is weaker than Prophet Abraham’s son,

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who was still willing to be sacrificed.

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But as we understand and believe that this was never the purpose for him to

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be slaughtered on the cross and he was praying to God Almighty to be protected.

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Now, you also look at the Gospel of John, chapter 7, verse 1.

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It says that regarding Jesus, it is mentioned that after this,

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Jesus went about in Galilee.

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He would not go about in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

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If his mission was to die for the sins, Why wouldn’t he go into Judea so that

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they could take him, put him on the cross and the sins of the world could be washed?

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He was staying in Galilee because he didn’t want to die.

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At that point if his human side again please

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when i say this you have to understand that

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as muslims we love and respect jesus peace be upon

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him some of these things that sometimes i explain it

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is because it when you look at

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it from the concept of atonement it shows jesus peace

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be upon him as somebody weak as somebody you know does not somebody of a noble

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character but when you look at it from islamic point of view it’s a whole different

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story you realize the beauty of jesus peace be upon him that he was a noble

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prophet of God with complete faith and trust in the Almighty,

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and he prayed to God with so much humility even in the face of all that suffering

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that was going around him he continued to hold faith in God Almighty and even

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on the cross he’s still trusting Allah he’s still trusting God only thing he’s

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saying is that why has thou forsaken me because Because he felt that God would

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have heard his prayers by now.

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But it was a plan of God as it went. Again, that also is a separate story or

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a separate discussion, what happened after that, right?

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When you look at it from different angles, different points of view,

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then inshallah, we can get into that at a different program,

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different meeting, inshallah.

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But now here, again, Jesus was not going into where people were trying to kill him.

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If that was his mission, he should have gone in open-heartedly and say that,

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that here I am, slaughter me, kill me, put me on the cross. But he did not do that.

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Now, again, just also to consider this point,

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that if, for example, Jesus, peace be upon him, his mission was to die on the

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cross, and he was unwilling for whatever reason, for his human side or not wanting

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to die, even though that was his mission, he still didn’t want to die.

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All right, then those people who knew of the mission, that this is a mission

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of Jesus, peace be upon him, that if this man dies, then only my sins can be

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forgiven and I can move closer to God Almighty.

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They should have brought Jesus, peace be upon him, forward that here,

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please take him so that my sins and your sins and all of our sins can be forgiven.

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This is the only reason he has been sent here, but he’s still not sure himself

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or he’s not confident, right? He’s not moving forward, but let us do that.

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No, nobody did that. that all his righteous, pious disciples supported him in protecting him.

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There is one that betrayed him. One that betrayed him, Judas Iscariot.

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If we are to believe in the concept of atonement, that Jesus died for the sins

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of mankind and he came to the world for this purpose,

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then God forbid, the hero of the story would become Judas Iscariot because if

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it wasn’t for his actions, the world would still be living a life of sin.

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The sin would still be attached with mankind.

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Nobody, nobody in their right mind would accept that Judas was a hero.

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Judas himself knew that this is wrong.

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He felt sorrowful, regretful and went, returned the money that he had taken

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to betray him and went and hanged himself, killed himself.

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You think if that were the purpose of Jesus, peace be upon him,

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to come into this world, wouldn’t Judas be the hero?

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Wouldn’t the Jews and the Romans who were crucifying him, putting him through

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torture, be the real heroes instead of those people that were protecting him?

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Such as Peter and his mother or anybody else for that matter.

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We have to understand that when you look at the Bible, the whole entirety of

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it completely rejects the idea, the concept of atonement.

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But just in the emotion sometime as the

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story has been sold to us we believe in

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it many of us believe in it but in reality it has nothing to do with the teachings

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of jesus peace be upon him jesus peace be upon him just like any other prophet

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came with a similar mission number one to to connect people with god almighty

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that is what prophets come for they do not come to be be worshipped.

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They do not come to die for the sins of people. No.

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They suffer at the hands of people, their own people, but they still keep praying

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for them, like Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,

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where people, you know, he went to preach in one town and people stoned him

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so much that his body started to bleed and his shoes got filled with blood, soaked with blood.

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And when angel appeared to him asking that if he wants these people to be crushed, to be punished,

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Jesus be holy prophet Muhammad peace and blessings of God be upon him he said

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no these people don’t know their children if not them then their children will

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realize the truth if you punish them then there is no hope for them or for their

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children they would be wiped from the earth,

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this is what prophets come for this is what prophet Jesus peace be upon him came for.

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So this, again, as I said, there’s many more angles we can look at it as well,

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the concept of atonement, but it has just been ingrained, has been pressed into

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the minds of the people in a way that sometimes it becomes difficult to listen,

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difficult to understand that Jesus did not die for your sins.

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Jesus, peace be upon him, did not die for your sins. because Bible says that

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you suffer the consequences of your sins.

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Nobody else can suffer the consequences of your sins because God Almighty is

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a just God. He observes justice.

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His justice cannot punish somebody else for your crime and you cannot be punished

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for someone else’s crime.

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But God Almighty is a merciful God. He’s a forgiving God. He’s a loving God.

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He’s a compassionate God.

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He can show compassion. he can show mercy he

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can show forgiveness this is who god almighty

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is so wherever you’re listening i

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implore you i request you to think about it do not

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just follow the emotional aspect of these teachings that have been ingrained

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but rather look at it prophet jesus peace be upon him did not die for your sins

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but he was a man of love and compassion and mercy and he preached to worship

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worship one God that he himself worshipped.

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Basically, always emphasize on the first commandment himself that this is the most important thing.

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He refused to be called good because only God is good, right?

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He always rejected the idea of worship.

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He always rejected the idea of dying for someone else’s sins.

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He always promoted forgiveness and mercy of God So I hope and pray that what

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I have shared with all of us here,

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we understand it, internalize it, and think about Jesus, peace be upon him, in light of this,

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that Jesus, peace be upon him, was a prophet of God,

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a prophet of God, who God Almighty sent for the same purpose that he sent all

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these other prophets for, that is to unite mankind with God Almighty.

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Mind. So with this, I take your leave.

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I say JazakAllah and thank you all for being here.

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Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

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Music.