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Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and the blessings of Allah and the blessings of Allah and the blessings of the Prophet Muhammad and his family.

We praise Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad,

so that Allah, O Allah, He will send him his household, his companions.

We ask Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to bless them, to bless every one of us, to grant us goodness.

And we ask Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to bless our offspring, those to come up to the end.

May Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala guide them and keep them steadfast.

May Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala gather us in genital firdous.

My brothers and sisters, Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala created humankind, starting with Adam alaihi salam.

From the time of Adam and Eve, or Hawa alaihi assalatu wa salam, what we need to realize is,

Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala had with each one of these great people, certain people around them who would assist them and who would forward the cause

that Allah had planned for mankind.

And on the other hand, there were also those who did exactly the opposite.

If you look at Adam alaihi salam, from among his sons, there were those who promoted righteousness,

even when the other sons and daughters may have said things that were not in conformity with that which Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala,

had dictated, declared and required from mankind.

For example, Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says, one of the sons was very abusive with the other.

So he says, la aqotul anak, I'm going to kill you.

Now that is abuse. He is abusing his own brother.

And what the brother did was he responded in a way that would please Allah.

He says, la in basat ta'ilaiya yadakali takutulani ma'anabibasitu ya diya ilaiqali akutulak.

Inni akhafullah, harabbal ala min.

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