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So corruption in business is one of the first priorities of the Quran in society.

There are two things that the Quraysh did that the Quran mostly highlights.

One is their shirk and the other is their economic corruption.

What also happens as a result is you don't want competition.

You want your competition to be destroyed.

So you do everything you can to not just defeat them in sales,

but you find other ways to ruin other people's businesses.

So you're the only business left.

The more powerful we get, the more successful you get in your business, the more you can

buy politicians, the more you can buy the police, you can buy corrupt services, and the more

influence you have. So the more volume you can do. So it's not just that you're getting wealthy,

you're getting wealthier and you're getting more powerful at the same time so what happens to that

next generation that has the they have the power they have the potential to invent and to be

entrepreneurial and to start new things they have no reason to do it there's no push there's no drive

because you have the comfort of the government will come and support me anywhere.

You know, the young generation is always going to be creative.

Allah put that in that.

But if they're not using that creativity for business and for engineering and for design and for invention and for good things,

if they're not using it for that,

then they're going to use it for drugs,

which is why the next generation of Muslims needs to understand the power of business.

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