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We've created prisons for ourselves that didn't need to exist.

And we've made ourselves hostages.

And then we're willing to do anything to keep ourselves in those prisons. Islam comes and just liberates. You just be on the right side

of things. Allah doesn't want perfection. Allah just wants you to do the right thing.

This episode is a snippet from our deeper look of Sura al-Mudathir, which was recorded a few weeks ago in Germany.

However, we have a special announcement for those of you who are more artistically minded.

Introducing Bayyana's new contest, artwork inspired by the Quran.

We want you to listen to this entire video,

which is based on Ayah 38 of the Sura, and use it as inspiration to create a piece of artwork.

This is open to all ages and backgrounds and full details on how to enter will be below. We can't wait to see your work. All right. Now back to the video.

Okay, so this is the heart of today's discussion, the two ayat that I want to discuss with you

at some depth. Very beautiful ayah. This ayah is so scary and amazing at the same time.

I met her grandma in Dallas one time. I was leaving the mashted and she needed some help and

I helped her a little bit and then we just started talking and she said, I'm a calligrapher,

you know. She was from Iraq. I said, really, you're a calligrapher? That's so cool.

Can you do some calligraphy for me? She goes, yeah.

So then I met her son, and I invited them over to the Bayena campus, and I had her write this

eye out on one of our pillars.

She said, what should I ask her? It's just right,

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