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My brothers and sisters, life and death is in the hands of Allah.

Allah is the giver of life and Allah is the one who decides when a person is going to pass away.

And indeed, if Allah wills, something is brought into life.

The amazing last verse of Surat Ya'azin, Allah says, when Allah would like to create something,

His instruction is simply B and it is. So glory be to the one in whose hands lies the ownership and dominion of absolutely everything.

And it will all return to Allah.

And this is why when a person goes through difficulty and hardship, the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,

at any loss that you've suffered, be it material loss, the loss of life, health, some bad news, etc.

We are taught as a sunnah to say inna lillahi wa inna ilahi r-raj'un.

We belong to Allah and we are going to return to Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, all of us.

As a reminder to say, nothing is going to last long.

Nothing is going to last beyond the decision of Allah. When Allah decides this is the time, that is the time.

And there is another important factor that we need to know.

Everything that is created by Allah has an expiry date, meaning it has a time tag.

There is a tag of the precise time that that thing will come to an end.

All the creatures of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, not just humankind.

And this is why Allah says,

If they come to Allah, they will not be able to take a good breath.

And they will not be able to take a good breath.

SubhanAllah, if the time comes,

if their time, whose time, whether it was the previous nations or whether it was any other creature of Allah,

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