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Islam al-Aqat al-huh al-huh

al-Lhami al-Ain, what's al-sala to

al-said al-amma al-aibin, al-I mean what's a la' al-a-à- bia I will all a lahah a lahahah

zahhah mahat al-a rut bahim in a shaitan

regime in a lahashtaram in al-munina in fusahum

what am wahlahum bahl jana I'm going to be an al-Jana. Rabi Shahli Sadri, where is Siddli Amri,

Wahl Ughtat amilisani,

of Kowu Kowli Amin,

I'm very grateful that I have the opportunity to address all of you.

And those of you and those of

you that are familiar with my work know that I try to emphasize reflection and

study of the Quran and I recognize that it's not the only area of study or our contemplation that's necessary in the life of a Muslim,

but I do believe it's central in the life of a Muslim that they have a direct relationship with the

relationship with the Quran and as much advice as they possibly can. I am speaking to you in this final session with a little bit of a heavy heart

because you know as I as I walk around in the conference I meet a lot of people and they come to me and we have like 30 seconds

with each other before someone else comes into the conversation and they tell me all kinds of

really heavy things.

And I realize that on the one hand we're talking about the book of Allah and we're talking about the time of Sahaba and we're talking about this ideal era that we learn about in our

sacred text and on the other hand in stark contrast to that is our reality.

Our reality is so far from the things we talk about sometimes, right?

And we have to bring those two things together. Sometimes these two

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