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My brothers and sisters we need to realize that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the most merciful

He has asked us to be merciful too

When we show mercy to others, Allah will show mercy to us

And when we show mercy to ourselves, Allah will have mercy upon us too

One might ask how do I show mercy upon myself?

Well be mindful of the fact that you are a creature of Allah from Allah returning to Allah and

Do yourself a favor by being merciful upon yourself

By doing the right thing

Imagine a person taking a knife and slicing their hands

I mean, why would you chop off your hand?

Imagine a person chopping off their legs, their own legs

One might say that's absurd

But if we are

From among those who don't prepare for the hereafter or

We do things in such a way that it would result in our loss of limbs in the hereafter or

Heading into hellfire in the hereafter then indeed we would be

foolish

We would be foolish so do good deeds and increase them and have mercy on yourself by developing a relationship with Allah

and

Understand that Allah wants you to do good and Allah wants you to be kind and merciful when your kind

Allah will be kind to you and when your kind to yourself

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