Asaam, alikum, this is Abdrahman Murphy, and you're listening to the newest

Heartworks series Finding Meaning and Trial. In this series we'll be exploring an upcoming

publication that I'm working on, translating and commenting on the beautiful short text of

al-Ihiz bin Abd this salam called the benefits of trials. In this series we'll be

exploring some of the meanings and some of the benefits of trials in our lives as given to us by

Lisbon Abd al-Abdis-Sallem he gives us some of the good things that we seek in life

that can only come from the bad moments that we experience in life.

I look forward to joining you on this series in Shala on having you with us and as always if you

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Okay, s'am wahicum.

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Sfilah. S'mil, al-Am de la, was Allah, what's Allah, O'Sala, Ola, al-Ila, al-Iah, what-Ahabihabhi, Ajamāin,

welcome home everybody.

It's good to see you,

al-Dohla, to this beautiful Dallas spring day.

I was trying to convince you know my son,

Musa that this is why living in Dallas is so great is because like you know if you live

in Chicago where I was born and raised January 29th is not going to be 70 degrees and

he was like yeah that's fine baba but I really want to see snow and so that's

kind of the that's where he's at mentally so I'm gonna have to hop on a plane to

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