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First steps of Appreciation

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

One of the ayah of Surah Ar Rahman, repeated more than 30 times which means, “So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?” is explained comprehensively. A must listen to understand the ways to acknowledge the favors of Allah upon each one of the Muslims, purifying acts of worship and indulging in only Sunnah acts of worship as innovations would be an insult to Prophet SAW.

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0:00.0

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0:06.1

Assalamu Alaikum, Ruhmah Tullahi Wa Barakatuh

0:10.4

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Alhamdulillah, wa Salatu wa Salamu Ala Abdullahi wa Rasulihi Muhammad

0:15.9

Wa Ala Ali, wa Ashabi Ghej Mahin

0:18.4

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

0:24.3

O Allah, wa Sallam, his household, all his companions, we ask Allah to bless them all and to bless every single one of us.

0:31.1

I mean, my brothers and sisters, I'm sure we are aware of a surah in the Quran known as Ar-Rahman,

0:38.7

named after the most merciful.

0:41.1

This surah is unique, even for those who don't know the Arabic language, in that it has in it

0:48.8

verses that are repeated more than 30 times, exactly the same.

1:04.7

Which is it of the favours of your Lord? Do you deny?

1:09.6

Oh mankind and jinn kind, this verse is actually

1:14.5

referring to both mankind and jinn kind, asking them a question.

1:19.9

This question would require us in order to answer it to look at the gifts of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala upon us,

1:29.2

because indeed we cannot deny any of the favours of Allah and they are so many that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says,

1:36.7

wa inta'uddu ni'imat Allahi lah to asulha, if you were to try and count the gifts of Allah,

1:45.8

the ni'am or the gifts of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala upon you, you would never be able to count all of them.

1:52.4

You would just count a few and that is actually a small dot compared to the entire amount of gifts

2:00.0

that Allah has bestowed upon us. So what is it or what is meant by this particular question,

2:07.4

that what is it or which is it of the favours of your Lord? Do you deny? It's simple for us to say

2:12.8

we don't deny any of the gifts of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala but when Allah speaks about denial of

2:18.4

the gifts, a question we should ask ourselves from amongst us, are we in denial of the gifts of Allah

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