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Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Blessings and salutations always upon Muhammad Salallahu alayhi wa sallam

his household, his companions.

We ask Allah to bless all the messengers from the very first

going all the way down and everyone who came

and who were sent by the Almighty to remind us about the guidance, the goodness and the light

and to remind us to stay away from that which is evil

unacceptable and that which will result in our destruction.

I mean, my brothers, my sisters, it is the first time I am in your beautiful city.

I am so scared to pronounce the name in case I get it wrong but I'm going to try.

Okay? It is Kulu Dufushi, is that right?

Wow, the longest name of any city that I've been to so far in my life.

So I'm sure that there is something unique about this place.

I know there is a lot of water around and I also do know that there are lovely people

and as I was coming to this venue, what many people on the globe don't realize

is the uniqueness of the Maldives in its entirety in the matter of the mode of transport

being predominantly by sea, Subhanallah.

You get to the airport, you jump into a boat and you go to your island,

from there you jump into another boat or a sea plane and now, MashaAllah,

there is so much of development that from this airport to the capital city,

there is a highway equivalent to the M1 in London, in UK, not as long,

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